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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Scandinavian Glass => Topic started by: robbo on March 20, 2006, 10:56:31 AM

Title: Oiva Toikka
Post by: robbo on March 20, 2006, 10:56:31 AM

Here's the candlestick I bought at Woking yesterday—it's dual purpose candlestick (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/albums/userpics/10019/candlestick.jpg) one way and a vase (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/albums/userpics/10019/vase.jpg) the other. I thought it may be from the Nuutajärvi Toikka Kastehelmi (Dewdrop) range but wasn't sure. I found one this morning with an Arabia label  :D  , but does anybody know for sure? 7394127742 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7394127742)

Here's a picture of the Toikka cube (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/albums/userpics/10019/cube.jpg) I mentioned in the twitchers thread. It's dated 1987, but it's not the limited edition one from that year.

Robbo

Title: Oiva Toikka
Post by: tmaritta on March 21, 2006, 07:41:11 PM

Well, I am pretty sure your candlestick/vase is from Kastehelmi range by Oiva Toikka, produced by Nuutajärvi/Arabia (but please don't ask me which label was used first or when they were exactly used).  

Kastehelmi range seems to be rather large and to my opinion quite unmistakable.  I have never seem or heard about any imitations either.

Regards,
TMaritta

Title: Oiva Toikka
Post by: robbo on March 22, 2006, 02:32:00 PM

Thanks tmaritta - I wasn't sure - the label on the ebay listing looked as if it could have been transferred from something else and this isn't a shape I'd seen before.