A Rare Austrian Painted Terracotta Gnome by Johann Maresch c.1900 sub-Architectural & Garden much of which gathered by

much of which gathered by her correspondents in far flung corners of the British Empire

not only in the eyes and nostrils but also elsewhere used to add expressiveness

The backs are also solid and original

landings or indeed the sitting room by the fireside

A Rare Austrian Painted Terracotta Gnome by Johann Maresch c.1900 sub-Architectural & Garden much of which gathered byOrigin: AustrianPeriod: Late 19thC Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900Height: 23Depth: 17Width: 12The beautifully decorative and very scarce garden gnome in terracotta being polychrome hand decorated, the smiling gnome in a casual seated position and smoking a pipe, the whole with impressed makers mark JM for Johann Maresch, visible with the inventory number 6869, the whole surviving from turn of the century Austria. The gnome has had some historic