Oiva Toikka, two signed glass birds, incl. the Jubilee Bird for Finland's 75th Independence Year, 1992.
'Suomen sotka', length 30 cm, signed Suomen Sotka Oiva Toikka, Nuutajärvi 1992, 175/1992.
'Willow Grose', length 16 cm, signed O. Toikka Nuutajärvi.
A scratch in the bigger bird.
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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