So here are these two stones
Seems like there may be a little bit of something stuck in the bottom of the center (3/16) bit hole
NY and put it in this early-mid 19th c
Since all the world seems a circus these days
and was the first company to produce decorative molded wood pulp products with a hand carved look
Burgess, Fobes & Co. Portland, Liquid Paint Antique Advertising Paperweight, c. 1890s construction So here are these twoA 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