Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate 19th c smoke decorated tin which were sold together in

which were sold together in one box--are among the rarer among them

are signed and dated (1867 I believe

from marriage to a man

At almost 5 inches across it's not tiny

The only issue

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate 19th c smoke decorated tin which were sold together inThis 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