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

With a diameter of 19 inches

and decidedly non-fierce

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

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

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