Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate prints which add another decorative element

which add another decorative element

reddish stained turned wooden handle features a hole near the end for easy hanging

it seemed the universe was telling something

they seem to me like human surrogates

most of them with titles handwritten in cursive below the square

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate prints which add another decorative elementThis one struck me for its highly dramatic but also very matter of fact message: Intemperance Produces Starvation. And while clearly the intemperance here refers to drinking with the source of misery man at center holding a bottle in his hand it seems to me quite resonant now when considering intemperance in the broader sense (i. e. intemperate leaders and wielders of power producing starvation both literal and figurative.) There is a whole history of