Noah's Ark animal
Category
Toys
Date
1850 - 1880
Materials
Painted wood
Measurements
33 mm (min. length); 107 mm (max. length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663929.2.1
Summary
Part of a set of forty-nine animals and five broken off animal pieces. (1.) One grey elephant with no trunk or tail. (2). One orange coloured camel with two humps and no ears or tail. (3.) One grey camel with one hump with no ears or tail, part of one hind leg missing. (4.) One pink giraffe with red-brown spots, grey throat and stomach. No face, front legs. (5.) One large cream stag with white spots, antlers broken off, four replacement unpainted legs. (6.) One large cream and red-brown doe deer with grey chest and stomach, part of front leg missing, unpainted replacement ears. (7.) One cream gazelle with a white throat and neck, one long ear lost. (8.) One grey moose with a black wattle under its neck. The ears and antlers missing. (9.) One grey and black cow with much paint loss. The ears, tail and one horn are missing. Four legs, one replacement horn. (10.) One brown and black bull, ears, horns and all lower legs missing. Neck repaired. (11.) One red-brown calf with dark spots and horns missing. (12.) One grey donkey with ears missing, the tail and one leg are replaced and the neck is repaired. (13.) One brown antelope with a grey throat, face and red eyes. The face and horns are missing; the two rear legs are replaced. (14.) One grey antelope with a flecked back, one leg missing, the horns and three legs repaired. (15.) Two grey goats with orange eyes and bony hips. One goat has horns and two legs missing and two replacement legs. The other goat has replaced horns and three legs and one leg missing. (16.) One grey boar with replaced front legs. (17.) One red-brown and white pig with one leg missing and three replacement legs. (18.) One pink gazelle with red-brown flecks on back, grey chest and stomach. Horns, one ear and tail missing, two replacement legs. (19.) One bear with brown and cream textured paint, two replacement legs two repainted. (20.) One sheep with grey textured paint, wearing red collar. Ears, one leg missing, three replacement legs. (21.) One small thin sheep or lamb with grey textured paint, wearing a red collar, one ear missing, one leg replaced. (22.) One orange and black striped tiger with a missing tail and two replacement legs. (23.) One creamy yellow lion with a deep chest, shoulders and no neck, one leg partially missing. (24.) One grey hyena with black spots, bright yellow chest, stomach and red eyes, one replaced leg, tail missing. (25.) One small grey hyena with black spots and back, back legs partially missing. (26.) One striped jackal, grey with black dashes on back, long tail and two replacement legs. (27.) One grey dog with red collar and two replacement legs. (28.) One pink anteater with a grey back, ears and one leg missing, two replacement legs. (29.) One grey sheep with a high forehead. Horns, tail missing, one leg replaced. (30.) One grey sheep with a high forehead. Horns, two legs missing, one leg replaced. (31.) One two-tone grey pig, short legs, fat body, red eyes. Back legs missing and ears. (32.) One all black animal (possibly feline) with red eyes, one leg broken, two legs replaced. (33.) One grey weasel with black ears and tail tip, one leg missing