Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate chip carved frame but overall condition is very

but overall condition is very good

I believe it may be a few branches from a hawthorn tree that are the subject of this lovely old botanical drawing

This is the second of these great brass cheese wedge pen holders I've had in the shop--how not to feel a little happier with this on the desk

satisfying on all sorts of levels

Executed in low relief

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate chip carved frame but overall condition is veryThis 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