£4,284
Auction: Day 2
the ark modelled as a grey building with painted windows and a gable roof with a drapery swag frieze, the roof painted with a dove holding the olive branch, one side sliding to open the interior, the back with ink inscription ‘Edward Coleby Plansome, a present from his Father & Mother, on his 1st Birthday, Sept 1st 1865’, with figures of Noah, his wife and filled with approximately fifty pairs of carved wood animals including camels, wolves, giraffes, elephants, leopards, lions, deer, cats, dogs, birds, farm animals, etc. (qty)
58cm wide, 36cm high, 16cm deep