03-06-201103-06-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2538BBoston
March 6, 2011 11:00 AMCalender
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Painted Wood Toy Noah's Ark and Framed Noah's Ark Lithograph

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$1,185$1,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2538BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 06, 2011 11:00AM

Description:

Painted Wood Toy Noah's Ark and Framed Noah's Ark Lithograph, Germany, late 19th/early 20th century, polychrome-painted rectangular ark with hinged roof, containing carved and painted wooden figures, approx. fifty-four quadrupeds, thirty bird figures, and six human figures, (imperfections),ht. 7, wd. 4 3/4, lg. 17 in.; together with a small folio hand-colored lithograph titled NOAH'S ARK, Currier & Ives, publishers, sight size 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in., in a molded wood frame, (toning, light stains, not examined out of frame).
Estimate $600-800

Several quadrupeds missing one or more appendages, paint losses.

Keywords

Noah's Ark, Arkansas, Germany