Pair of Vintage Swiss Wooden Cutout Animals in the Manner of Antonio Vitali sandstone With a diameter of 19

With a diameter of 19 inches

a finch I think

I find the interplay between the solid matte black and the translucent blue

Three pads at some point were added to the bottom

This little sailor--constructed of two real walnuts for head and body

Pair of Vintage Swiss Wooden Cutout Animals in the Manner of Antonio Vitali sandstone With a diameter of 19These wooden animals dogs, I'd think? feel so familiar, but I haven't been able to figure out their maker. Certainly they bear a very strong resemblance to the animals of Swiss toy designer and maker Antonio Vitali (who also designed many toys produced by Creative Playthings), and there is a Made in Switzerland sticker on the underside. At any rate, I think they make a pretty great modernist pair to sit on a shelf somewhere and also indestructible