A gnome, rare, cannot find any like it on-line.
Has a wooden base but the ants got to it this year.
The paint faded too...unthinkingly put it in the garden last year.
Does anyone know if this is a Fenton? I'm pretty sure I remember my mom saying so, but I'd like to be sure. It's cranberry glass and milk glass. I think I remember her saying that the glass contained gold. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The book is signed and presented to my grandfather by John Steinbeck. "The Grapes of Wrath". He spent some time in Armenia at 1963. There he made friends with my grandfather, an Armenian writer Raphael Aramyan.
Five brass finials on top of cabinet, center one is larger than others.
Top panel of upper doors are painted glass with boat scene on outside panels and flower string in middle panel.
Upper side door panels include 10-1/2" X 25-1/2" glass with mullions. Each side has two wood shelves. The upper middle door panel includes a 22" X 25-1/2" glass with mullions. Two glass shelves with a mirror on the back side. A light strip has been added to the ceiling of the middle cabinet. All three doors are key locked. The lower side doors are curved wood and are key locked. The lower center section includes three drawers with brass pulls with a wheat motif.
