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Description:

Creamware punch pot printed in black. The two main scenes are both found on Liverpool tiles. One shows two children dancing to the music of a flute-player while a woman looks on (Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles, 1994, no.D5-12). This design, known as Two Children Dancing, is also found on a Philip Christian porcelain mug (an example of which is included in this exhibit).  The pattern was previously called the Dancing Dwarfs. To either side of the main scenes are incongruously large flying birds and butterflies. This feature occurs on William Reid's Liverpool porcelain and has been attributed to Henry Baker who is known to have worked at Reid's factory. The factory failed in 1761, and by 1763 Baker is known to have been printing creamware for a Liverpool pottery. Okill's pottery is thought to have been the only one in Liverpool making creamware at that time. 

The handle of the pot is reminiscent of Wedgwood but the old-fashioned crabstock spout is not. The printing is unlikely to be by Sadler and Green because Sadler told Wedgwood in 1763 that he had never printed on anyone else's creamware but his.