Pair of Vintage Swiss Wooden Cutout Animals in the Manner of Antonio Vitali sandstone a finch I think

a finch I think

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

but  this basket is in really excellent condition and quite a special piece

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

Pair of Vintage Swiss Wooden Cutout Animals in the Manner of Antonio Vitali sandstone a finch I thinkThese 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