Vintage Large Handmade Wooden Noah’s Ark with Carved Figures

This style of hand-carved Noah’s Ark set draws inspiration from 19th-century Erzgebirge traditions (Germany), where carved wooden arks and animal pairs were crafted as religious toys. By the early to mid-20th century, similar sets were recreated by American artisans, Sunday school teachers, or as educational toys, particularly in Protestant communities. The crude but charming carving style, hand-painted details, and stylized ark body suggest it may have been made as a one-off or limited folk craft rather than mass-produced.

c. 1930s–1950s (likely American folk or Sunday school craft origin)

Description:

Hand-carved and hand-painted wooden Noah’s Ark set with removable house-like structure and ladder

Approximate dimensions: ark length 13", house 4" x 5", ladder 5" tall

Includes 18 carved animals (9 pairs) and one Noah figure:

Lions, tigers, giraffes, elephants, sheep, donkeys, deer, raccoons, and possibly zebras

Each pair roughly 2"–3" long; naive paintwork and folk-style forms

Ark hull carved from a single curved block with drawn plank detailing and painted wood slats

Noah figure painted in robe with white beard and crook, approx. 4.5" tall

No signatures or maker marks visible


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