Stencil Painted Black on White Old Double-sided Charge of Quarters Sign antique shoe form The carved and painted bird

The carved and painted bird looks to me to be German / Black Forest

5 1/4" tall x 3 3/8" wide x 1 1/4" deep

The planter is glazed a lovely variegated mossy green

with horizontal stripes and diagonal patterns over his torso

amassed more than $2

Stencil Painted Black on White Old Double-sided Charge of Quarters Sign antique shoe form The carved and painted birdI didn't actually know the meaning of the phrase "Charge of Quarters" when I found this sign, but I loved the look of it, and find the phrase quite an evocative one, making me imagine a toll booth with a 25 cent passage fee, or someone in charge of the sleeping quarters in a rooming house, or who knows what all. What I've learned is that "Charge of Quarters" is a military term, referring to a person enlisted to guard the front entrance to a barracks