Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s surprise box as pure a form as

as pure a form as can be

and the paper labels left on the wood animating all of them with color and texture

with a split to one side of the base

It's for sure a beautiful thing

With a beautifully patinated old white painted surface

Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s surprise box as pure a form asA 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