Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s construction Obviously there's been a repair

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

but try as I might

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

Since all the world seems a circus these days

Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s construction Obviously there's been a repairA 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