Tin-glazed earthenware (so-called delftware) tile printed in red in Liverpool by Sadler and Green with "Two Children Dancing" (Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles, 1994, no.D5-12). The design can also be seen in this exhibit on creamware probably printed by Henry Baker, and on Liverpool porcelain from Philip Christian's factory. The design was once mistakenly known as "The Dancing Dwarves."In August 1764 Sadler wrote to
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Tin-glazed earthenware (so-called delftware) tile printed in red in Liverpool by Sadler and Green with "Two Children Dancing" (Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles, 1994, no.D5-12). The design can also be seen in this exhibit on creamware probably printed by Henry Baker, and on Liverpool porcelain from Philip Christian's factory. The design was once mistakenly known as "The Dancing Dwarves."In August 1764 Sadler wrote to Wedgwood: "We have been very busy at tiles and have done 60 patterns towards 100." It has been supposed that this is when the large range with a border matching the present tile were introduced. It is known as the "88" border, from the double loop half-way up each side.
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