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

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

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

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 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