iittala Toikka Pacific Waterfowl

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The Pacific Waterfowl is a special hand-numbered Toikka design and is limited to only 1,250 birds. This beautiful bird incorporates very unique glass which turns from.....The Pacific Waterfowl is a special hand-numbered Toikka design and is limited to only 1,250 birds. This beautiful bird incorporates very unique glass which turns from olive green to lavender rose depending on the light (see other photo). The body and tail of the Pacific Waterfowl feature a stunning iridescent, textured platinum.

Oiva Toikka continues to impress with his astounding ability to produce some of the worlds most beautiful glass art. The Birds collection are Toikka's best-known works and are highly sought after as gifts and collectors pieces. More than just art, Birds is a collection of stories, with each piece as individual as Finland itself.

Oiva Toikka’s imagination and iittala’s skilled Finnish glassblowers have created magical glass birds for over 30 years. Oiva is inspired by birds found all over the globe, but he makes each creation his own. Some say that the 2005 collection of Birds by Toikka is Oiva’s best work yet.

Each bird carries the artist's signature on its base, signifying that it is a unique piece of artglass, hand-made at iittala's glassworks in Nuutajärvi, Finland.