This is a very cute miniature Willow Grouse. It is one of the smallest Toikka birds that we have seen, very well formed and looks like a small copy of a normal sized Willow Grouse. It is about the same size as the smallest Golden-Crested Kinglets are.
In three of the pictures you see this cute small bird together with two other unsigned Willow Grouse variants from the same collector. And also with an ordinary Willow Grouse to allow for size comparison.
This very special bird is unsigned, it can very well have been a 'kokeilu' = 'test bird' made to see what is possible.
This bird is from a collection that belonged to a lady who lived close to the Nuutajärvi factory and worked there, so this bird may have been bought straight from the Nuutajärvi factory shop or may have been received as a special gift on some occasion.
Size: 63mm x 45mm
Signature: UNSIGNED
Condition: Excellent
