Antique Wooden Erzgebirge Noah's Ark with Two Guardians matchstick bank and the center lines

and the center lines

like this terrific vintage Modernist/Brutalist cast bronze brooch

really only visible at a certain angle

The person who sold it to me thought depression era

though it will

Antique Wooden Erzgebirge Noah's Ark with Two Guardians matchstick bank and the center linesI am certain this old Noah's Ark is German, as it is so similar in form and manner to antique Erzgebirge examples, most of which one finds painted, but not always. It does appear that the roof (and maybe more) on this one might once have been papered, as there is a scalloped bit still hanging on at one end on one side. It is definitely an old one, late 19th very early 20th century I believe, with a roof that flips open and latches closed, for storing