Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate prints I believe the 8 ball

I believe the 8 ball is from a different set and is more of a bouncy rubber ball

they seem to me like human surrogates

this perpetual calendar dates to no later than 1870 or so

This is signed Robinson on the underside

I'd guess 1980s or so

Intemperance Produces Starvation, Dramatic and Timely 19th C. Transferware Plate prints I believe the 8 ballThis 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