Danish Modern Wooden Duck elegant plate with an opening of 2"

with an opening of 2" x 2

This beautifully proportioned box I found filled with vintage matchbooks and a few newspaper clippings

Beautifully made and with tiny beaded eyes

1 3/4" across at lip

Danish Modern Wooden Duck elegant plate with an opening of 2"What a lovely and elegant duck! Though unmarked, I believe it is Danish Modern, and beautifully made, with an elongated beak perfectly balanced with the elongated body pointed in the other direction, it bears a strong resemblance to the work of Kristian Vedel. I believe the head is birch and the body teak. What I am not certain of is whether there is an intended function for the opening in the front of the body, which is about the right size to hold a