Excellent Old Slice of Bread Small Cutting / Serving Board mid-century italian pottery and they seem to be

and they seem to be quite rare and precious ones as well

and a split in the wood on the front back foot

Or perhaps someone just wanted to carve a knife

but I will live with the image of it in my head

I believe these would have been saved to either cash in for some prize

Excellent Old Slice of Bread Small Cutting / Serving Board mid-century italian pottery and they seem to beWonderfully iconic, and just great this old cutting board is the size of a large slice of bread, making it the perfect thing upon which to make, then cut, then serve a sandwich! Well used and aged, it also looks as if toasted to just the right shade. Really quite an excellent thing! 6 5 8" t x 5 1 2" w x 7 8" thick. Knife marks all over and a few scald marks to one side, all to the good.