A plate I painted at the Mad Potter, one of those paint-it-yourself pottery places. Inspired by my 1603 corset...or well, just my obsession with the history of corsetry in general.

I'm really pleased with how the blackwork on her sleeves turned out but now I wish I'd planned it out better (I didn't think it would work).

The quote around the edge is from John Donnes' Elegy XIX "To his Mistress Going to Bed":

Come, madam, come, all rest my powers defy,
Until I labor, I in labor lie.
The foe oft-times having the foe in sight,
Is tired with standing though he never fight.
Off with that girdle, like heaven's zone glistering,
But a far fairer world encompassing.
Unpin that spangled breastplate which you wear,
That th' eyes of busy fools may be stopped there.
Unlace yourself, for that harmonious chime
Tells me from you that now it is bed time.
Off with that happy busk, which I envy,
That still can be, and still can stand so nigh.
Your gown, going off, such beauteous state reveals,
as when from flowry meads th' hill's shadow steals...
etc...

see also
Rococo Corset Plate[link]
Regency Corset Plate [link]