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A quick Google image search for "garden gnome" and "gartenzwerg" shows that both types are quite common. But they originally didn't necessarily have the hats co
by cubefox 1y ago
A quick Google image search for "garden gnome" and "gartenzwerg" shows that both types are quite common. But they originally didn't necessarily have the hats common today. These are the oldest surviving garden gnomes according to [1]:
Schloss Mirabell: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mirabellgarten_%E7%B1%B3%E6%8B%89%E8%B2%9D%E7%88%BE%E8%8A%B1%E5%9C%92_-_panoramio.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mirabellgarten_%E7%B... (1690-1695)
Schloss Greillenstein: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schloss_Greillenstein_Zwergenkabinett.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schloss_Greillenstei... (around 1700)
1: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartenzwerg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartenzwerg
- Cerium 1y agoA simple thanks for sharing these images. I had no idea that garden gnomes could be so artful, interesting, or powerful as those in these two images.