Pair of Vintage Swiss Wooden Cutout Animals in the Manner of Antonio Vitali sandstone Three pads at some point

Three pads at some point were added to the bottom

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

like a watercolor painting rendered in inky shades of mossy green and brown and cream

a finch I think

Pair of Vintage Swiss Wooden Cutout Animals in the Manner of Antonio Vitali sandstone Three pads at some pointThese 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