Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s Jack Kerouac poster One sees old knives and

One sees old knives and butcher blocks with “BREAD” carved in their handles or around the edges

Structurally sound and not at all shedding

A great gift

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

Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s Jack Kerouac poster One sees old knives andA 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