Noah's ark
Category
Toys
Date
1850 - 1880
Materials
Nails, Paint, Wood
Measurements
Ark –380 mm (length); 112 mm (width); 190 mm (height), Side Panel –255 mm (length); 97 mm (width), Animals –33 mm (min. length); 107 mm (max. length), Assortment of Legs –11 mm (min. length); 36 mm (max. length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663929
Summary
A handmade painted wooden Noah's Ark. A simple rectangular house shape on a narrow platform, shaped to a point at either end. One long side slides out along a groove. This has four windows painted along it, with a painted band above. These four windows and banding are repeated on the other fixed side. This banding is painted in two stripes, yellow and brown and runs all the way around the ark. One end has two windows downstairs and one below the roof. The other end has a central painted red door with yellow painted handles. Above is a single window. The roof, painted red has a dove painted in brown and blue on one side with a green painted leaf held in its beak. The Ark is accompanied by forty-nine animals and five broken off animal pieces.