A Rare Austrian Painted Terracotta Gnome by Johann Maresch c.1900

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A Rare Austrian Painted Terracotta Gnome by Johann Maresch c.1900Origin: 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

and at one time could hold up to 3

Oriental Poppy 80

there are some areas of flecked loss

name Barry

either in or out and once part of a magical setting

and loss to the tail end

also reflecting the entire room and other sources of light

5 inches (the Dome)

prompted by Ernst Haeckel's treatment of the world riddle

having a characterful thick one piece top now almost devoid of any paint

Princes Street

Cromwell was one of the signatories of King Charles I's death warrant in 1649