Oiva Toikka
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a "Pompom" glass vase, Nuutajärvi, Notsjö, Finland, late 1960s.
Free-blown red glass with applied decoration in green and purple, signed Oiva Toikka Nuutajärvi Notsjö. Height 12.5 cm, diameter 10 cm, including the applied decoration.
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Mr Jack Dawson.
Literature
Jack Dawson, "Oiva Toikka: Glass and Design", Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö 2007, compare similar model ill. p. 61.
Designer
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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