Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate chip carved frame This is the second of

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

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

Remember them who sent you this"

sturdy and stable and sound

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate chip carved frame This is the second 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