A rare Erzgebirge Noah’s Ark and animals with very rare ark animal list, the unusual ark painted brown, orange cream and green, lid, side and hull side opening to reveal three floors, two with animals stalls —20 1/2in. (52cm.) long (wood around hull hinge repaired); a rare animal list in German, French, Italian and English list Noah and his family and 100 creatures, the reverse has a handwritten list twenty-six pairs of animals (torn down the middle); twenty five pairs of fine early animals roughly corresponding to the list and a mouse, mole and ladybird (slight damage, mainly limbs)