Four Delft ~Merry Man~ plates late 17th century,...

Four Delft ~Merry Man~ plates late 17th century, each well inscribed in Dutch with a line from the ~Merry Man~ rhyme, within a continuous leaf border, damages and repairs, 22.5cm. (4) Plates of this type were made in Holland for a long period, and then produced in England after 1682. The full inscription translates to ~What is a merry man / Let him do all he can / To entertain his guests / With wine and merry jests / But if his wife doth frown / All merriment goes down~.