https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17685/fullSet of "Merry Man" platesca. 1680-1695Overall (G83.1.474.1-6): 2.4 x 21.3 cm (15/16 x 8 3/8 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (delftware)Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: London, Bristol or Brislington, EnglandG83.1.474.1-61Set of London, Bristol or Brislington 'Merry Man' plates decorated in blue. There are inscriptions within tasselled cartouches flanked by griffins and surmounted by crowns. It is enclosed by line borders, and each numbered in sequence.14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and StonewareEnglish Delftware[]European CeramicsEnglish Earthenware - Delftware185040412EnglishMary II (1689-1694)Inscriptions:
What is a merry man
Let him doe all what he kan
To entertayne his gests
With wyne and mery yests
But if his wyfe doth frowne
All meryment goos downe,