Oiva Toikka, Wild goose male, “Villihanhi Uros”, glass, Nuutajärvi Notsjö, Finland 1987.

Wild goose male, “Villihanhi Uros”, glass, Nuutajärvi Notsjö, Finland 1987.

Iridescent decoration in blue, green and silver, head in clear glass with an iridescent beak, signed Oiva Toikka Nuutajärvi Notsjö and numbered 94/1000. The body with a gift engraving, dated 1987. Length 38 cm, height 24 cm.

Personal engraving, minor wear, insignificant manufacturing defect at the attachment of the beak.

Location

Västberga Allé 3, Hägersten - V14

Literature

Marg Cousens, “Toikka’s glass birds”, Helsinki 2024, the model illustrated on page 38.

More about Oiva Toikka

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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