Louis Romeiss made outstanding  gnomes and have turned in to collectors items. Made of earthenware and hand painted carefully. Louis Romeiss produced his gnomes in Graefenroda, Thuringia, Germany c1900 Many of the gnomes were not marked.

Shoe - Shine gnome (c.1900)

A very rare and outstanding pair (left and right version) Height 11inches, the base measures 4½x3inches,  weight 1¼lbs.

Pages from a Louis Romeiss catalogue dated 1900