OIVA TOIKKA, An annual glass bird with its egg, year 2004, both signed O. Toikka Nuutajärvi, the egg numbered 207/750.
Blue Scaup Duck and egg in multicoloured glass, beak in iridescent glass. The length of the bird 24 cm, the height of the egg 12.5 cm.
Both labelled Iittala.
The general impression is very good.
Oiva Toikka (1931-2019) is one of the greatest Finnish ceramic and glass artists of the 20th century. Toikka, who began his artistic career as a ceramicist, was from 1963 the artistic director of Notsjö Glasbruk. However, Toikka is today mainly associated with Iittala, not least for the well-known production of "glass birds". The successes have also been great in other artistic areas, for example Toikka has been hired as a costume designer for several theater and opera productions, of which productions at the Finnish National Opera should be mentioned.
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