A Rare Austrian Painted Terracotta Gnome by Johann Maresch c.1900 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus libraries or Schools in Britain

libraries or Schools in Britain and their versatility enabled them to be effortlessly constructed in small rooms even if access was poor

The late nineteenth century pine table having an unusual rectangular adjustable hinged two-plank work surface top revealing a slatted base with cast iron fitments and pine arms to the ends

Height: 6” or 7” on stand

The patination is wonderful throughout and it has character in abundance

A chair with real style

A Rare Austrian Painted Terracotta Gnome by Johann Maresch c.1900 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus libraries or Schools in BritainOrigin: 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