Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate prints most of them with titles

most of them with titles handwritten in cursive below the square

I'd guess 1980s or so

this perpetual calendar dates to no later than 1870 or so

but which contains some irregularities

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

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate prints most of them with titlesThis 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