Untitled
Category
Toys
Date
1880
Materials
Balsa
Collection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1354757
Summary
Set of 151 hand painted balsa wood Noah's Ark model animals; two of each of giraffe, red deer, zebra, two-humped camel, one-humped camel, horse, cow, peacock and peahen, lion, goat, fox, pig, goose, robin, sheep, ladybird, cat, pigeon, rabbit, eider duck, wilderbeast(?), house martin, white duck, green woodpecker, iguana, chicken, beagle, white rabbit, wild boar(?), grey beetle, white bird, green bird, piglet(?), labrador, wolf(?), greyhound(?), poultry(?), maroon insect, bird, badger, stoat(?), deer(?), small pig(?), kangaroo(?), elephant, anteater, impala, warthog, stoat, ptarmigans, magpie, guinea pig, grey squirrel, grasshopper, emu, rook, Dartford warbler(?), dunnock, yellow canaary, donkey, and hyena. One each of cat(?), swan, red grouse, hooded crow, chital or spotted deer, husky dog, mole, linnet(?), Asiatic wolf, elk, moose, llama, buffalo, white bird, fox, paertiedge, horse(?) and donkey(?). Three other unidentified birds and an unidentified animal. Also four men and four women figures. 1880 (circa)