Whip Poor Will was created for the Birds of Passage collection in 1991-1997. You can find the birds of passage on pages 32-35 in the "Birds by Toikka" book, and on pages 76-78 in "In Oiva's Wonderland".
Whip Poor Will is still in production at Iittala.
The color of individual Whip Poor Wills vary.
In Finnish it is called Pajusotka. Paju is the Finnish word for willow. And sotka is a scaup duck. The color for Whip Poor Will obviously was inspired by the colors of young willow. And the habitus at least of the early birds resembles other scaupduck-like creations by Toikka.
The English name for this bird, Whip Poor Will seems like yet another expression of Toikka's playfulness.
The newer birds look slightly different from the erlier ones: We have three Whip Poor Wills for sale, that we have named A, B and C in the pictures.
A. and B. are of older production and C. is newer. A. and B. are smaller and have longer beaks than C. and their color is lighter, resembling the skin of young willow.
Size: A: 130 x 55mm
B: 120 x 52mm
C: 130 x 65mm
Signature: O.Toikka Nuutajärvi
Condition: A: Very Good
B: Good
(with small marks from manufacturing
on left side of the head)
C: Very Good (harmless scratches on the under side)
