Oiva Toikka, an annual glass bird with its egg, year 2007, both signed O. Toikka Nuutajärvi, the egg numbered 292/750.
Cloud tern. Length of the bird 27, height 16 cm. Height of the egg 13 cm.
Minor wear. Manufacturing defect to the bottom of the egg.
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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