Rare Scandinavian Finnish wall platter by Oiva Toikka for Nuutajarvi circa 1970's signed

Offered for sale is a rare studio glass hand made platter/ wall plate designed by famous Scandinanvian designer Oiva Toikka for the Finnish glassmaker Nuutajarvi Nitsjo and dating to the 1970's.  The platter has a simple trefoil shape resembling clover with three interlocking rounded sides and is decorated with a semi opaque fruit/ vegetable design resembling  a parsnip or berry type fruit with a pronged stalk and playful rounded leaves .The platter has an etched signature at the bottom with the artists full name viz Oiva Toikka and the studio name Nuutajarvi Nittsjo as well as a fragment of a paper label for Arabia Finland . This item is from a range of hand made unique glassware items dating to the 1970'S. The platter is intended as a wall hanging and has two small round holes at the top which would have been threaded with a corded white rope for hanging. Oiva Toika 1931-2019 is one of the most famous Scandinavian /Nordic designers of studio glass and ceramics. He joined Nuutajarvi in 1963 where he worked closely with Kaj Franck  as a glassware designer. He was previously employed at Arabia as a ceramic designer. His  design work is characterized by an inventive and imaginative approach with a bold use of colour ,playful and quirky designs influenced by folk art and peasant culture as well the influence of antiquities and highly stylized ancient art forms; his  designs  were not typical of the streamlined functional modernist and pared down aesthetic more commonly associated with Nordic designers. Oiva Toikka is perhaps best known for his iconic hand made range of glass birds designed for Nuutajarvi and Littala as well as some of his press molded glassware designs such as the Flora pattern for Littala. 

Postage for this item is R100 via Postnet or R140 for courier delivery to major cities in SA. Collection is welcome from Emmerantia Jhb.