A Rare Austrian Painted Terracotta Gnome by Johann Maresch c.1900 sub-Architectural & Garden The backs are also solid

The backs are also solid and original

There is a 21stC notation to the back of the picture which reads “Canvas of this portrait: Waring & Dimes Manufacturers

upholstered in pea green velvet

landings or indeed the sitting room by the fireside

an important cultural centre north of Calcutta

A Rare Austrian Painted Terracotta Gnome by Johann Maresch c.1900 sub-Architectural & Garden The backs are also solidOrigin: 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