Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s construction A sweet old pair

A sweet old pair

Produced with local clayand decorated with brushes made of the hair of their children

as well as being carried for good luck

Obviously there's been a repair to the tail on this bird

Seems like there may be a little bit of something stuck in the bottom of the center (3/16) bit hole

Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s construction A sweet old pairA very scarce one; I can't find another of these out there anywhere, but I did find some printed matter from Burges, Fobes & Co, a Portland, Maine based manufacturer and wholesaler of paints. The company was founded in 1858 by S. W. Wilson and Henry H. Burgess, known as Wilson and Burgess, who began by grinding lead in a barn in the area of Munjoy, Beckett, and Wilson streets in Portland. The company would later build a large factory building on the