Noah's ark
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
355 mm (H)558 mm (Length)178 mm (W)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338963
Summary
Model - German Noah's Ark, wooden, painted but in faded condition. No animals. Red hull, painted, house-like structure, pitched roof. Painted with windows and pillars. One side slides off to reveal empty interior. On reverse of this panel. Handwritten in ink: ’Stocker Richard John Carey from Grandpapa Stocker. March 30th 1885; below a penciled list of animals. In notebook no.5, page 57 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Seventh Heaven no.209 Noah's Ark as no.196 [1338964], in wonderful condition'.
Provenance
CPW item 196 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 57