Pair of Vintage Swiss Wooden Cutout Animals in the Manner of Antonio Vitali linen textile functional American art pottery piece

functional American art pottery piece

possibly original to the piece and visible only when turned upside down

So when I spotted this and one other of her prints at an antiques shop recently

I really love the form and texture of this contemporary basket

I've now learned that frogs carved from Chinaberry roots are a thing

Pair of Vintage Swiss Wooden Cutout Animals in the Manner of Antonio Vitali linen textile functional American art pottery pieceThese 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