Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate prints reddish stained turned wooden handle

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

This is signed Robinson on the underside

but which contains some irregularities

make me think a bit of Little Miss Muffet on her tuffet

this perpetual calendar dates to no later than 1870 or so

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate prints reddish stained turned wooden handleThis 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