FIRE CHIEF, Unusual and Excellent Old Brass Stencil with Aptly Black Patina erotic portrait A very sweet old turned

A very sweet old turned wood jar

became popular in China during the Song Dynasty (960-1279)

and an attached head at the other

perhaps to rub occasionally for good luck

where Artemis was venerated as the goddess of nature and ruler of wild beasts

FIRE CHIEF, Unusual and Excellent Old Brass Stencil with Aptly Black Patina erotic portrait A very sweet old turnedI love old brass stencils bearing evocative words and phrases and am always looking for them, good for hanging like signs and fun to situate. This one I was delighted to find this week in Manchester, NH. I have 100% never come across a stencil reading FIRE CHIEF before, and curious that hyphen, too. As these were typically used for stenciling crates, and most often apple crates, it occurred to me that perhaps Fire Chief was the name of an apple