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remains adherent, uniformly all over their surface, so 

 as to become, by the second firing, a coat of perfect 

 glass." 



In order to supply the increasing demand for his 

 wares, Wedgwood opened an office in London, and 

 appointed his elder brother John to conduct the 

 business. He had also an agent in Liverpool, to whom 

 the flints and clay from Dorset and Devon were con- 

 signed, and who also superintended the export of 

 Wedgwood's manufactured ware to foreign countries, 

 especially to North America, where he found a rapidly- 

 increasing market. Wedgwood had occasionally to 

 visit Liverpool in order to see his agent, and inspect 

 the import and export of his goods. 



While at Liverpool on one occasion, he became 

 aware of a device recently invented there, by which the 

 decoration of his cream ware might be greatly im- 

 proved. The history of this accidental invention may 

 be thus briefly stated. Mr. John Sadler had com- 

 menced business as a printer at Liverpool in 1743, and 

 it is said that the first idea of applying the art of print- 

 ing to the manufacture of pottery occurred to him when 

 seeing some children sticking waste prints upon their 

 dolls' houses. He adopted the same method, fired some 

 pottery and found the prints burnt into the ware. 

 The application of 'this discovery led to a partnership 

 between Sadler and Green, and they took steps for 

 taking out a patent. 



It is not known at what date they became acquainted 



