Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s Jack Kerouac poster (It seems possible the nails

(It seems possible the nails were originally left in then later removed

brown stained with a little craquelure to the finish here and there

A nice job the young Richard Wilkinson did with his 4th grade Birds assignment

which has the effect of lending an extra sense of torque to his poses

A great gift

Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s Jack Kerouac poster (It seems possible the nailsA 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