Scandinavian Design 
23 November 2021
Scandinavian Design 
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Oiva Toikka

Collection of twenty-five Birds

Finland, c. 1990-2000
hand-blown glass largest: 6 h × 13¼ w × 4¼ d in (15 × 34 × 11 cm) smallest: 1¾ h × 2¾ w × 1½ d in (4 × 7 × 4 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $18,750
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Etched signature to underside of twenty-four examples ‘O. Toikka Nuutajärvi’, four with blue decal manufacturer's label ‘Nuutajärvi 1793 Made in Finland’, and seventeen with red decal manufacturer's label ‘Iittala’. Eight examples are dated from 1999-2008.
provenance: Private Collection

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Birds.

Oiva Toikka's boundless inspiration and imagination find expression in his glass birds. Toikka's birds are handmade in Nuutajärvi, a glass-making village in Finland that is over two hundred years old. The creation of the birds demands great technical and artistic insight from the glassblowers. Each bird is unique, featuring its own distinctive colour variations. 

iittala catalog, 2004

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