Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate 19th c smoke decorated tin are signed and dated (1867

are signed and dated (1867 I believe

Pretty excellent cowboy to the right in his white shirt and blue jeans too

This batch includes one Bennington

And lots of possibilities for how to display

1st half of the 19th c

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate 19th c smoke decorated tin are signed and dated (1867This 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