"Clapmash" dish

Date

• 1637

Summary

• Decoration: Painted. Saint George and the dragon. Inscribed "IOHN AYERS/1637." Borders composed of bands of scrolling foliage and flowers, pseudofluting with dot clusters, and concentric circles, the outermost with dots. Exterior inscribed "IK/16[3]7," "IK [or HK]," "IL," "*," and "W" or interlocked "Ls."
• Place of origin: Southwark, London, possibly Montague Close