A Rare Austrian Painted Terracotta Gnome by Johann Maresch c.1900 sub-Religion & Relics with an amicable disposition

with an amicable disposition

Each character has its own marked housing slot and the plates are interchangeable if required

It is unknown at the moment how he managed to avoid death

both running through the gothic carved arches

The early George III period rich mahogany carcass of diminutive proportions with an exceptional overall colour

A Rare Austrian Painted Terracotta Gnome by Johann Maresch c.1900 sub-Religion & Relics with an amicable dispositionOrigin: 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