Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate chip carved frame satisfying on all sorts of

satisfying on all sorts of levels

but with its gorgeous matte celadon green body and elegant swirls of deep blue and darker green

sturdy and stable and sound

This seems to be a pretty rare one

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate chip carved frame satisfying on all sorts ofThis 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