Figure of Mars?

In 1672, John Dwight set up a pottery in Fulham. He became the first Englishman to make stoneware, produced by firing clay at very high temperatures. In the 1970s, excavations at Fulham revealed the extent of Dwight’s wares and experiments.

This fine white stoneware sherd, possibly part of a figure representing the god Mars reveals an upper right torso and arm. The fabric has 'bloated' with consequent loss of detail. Rolls of cloth around the biceps and neck indicate that the figure wore a muscle-cuirass, although this is not directly or distinctly visible. The statuette fragment was recovered during excavation of John Dwight's Fulham Pottery.