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

but these would also just be great displayed among other little carvings or curiosities

I don't know much about this huge decorative stoneware plate

What I really love about it is the way the triangular motif plays out across the top and sides

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