Icelandic Yule Lad - Sheep-Cote Clod
Stekkjarstaur, the first of the 13 Yule Lads · hand-painted figure designed by Brian Pilkington · about 9.5 cm (3.7 in)
If you are starting a collection, start where the story starts. Stekkjarstaur is the first Yule Lad down from the mountains each December, and over the past year he was the third most-bought of our sixteen figures. Several customers tell us they add one or two brothers every Christmas.
What you get with Stekkjarstaur
- Free shipping over $149 — US, Canada & Europe
- US & Canada — duties & taxes settled at checkout
- Ships worldwide from Iceland with tracking
- First down from the mountains, 12 December
- Hand-painted, down to the straw under the sheep
- Clear gift box with a booklet in English
Stekkjarstaur is the first of the thirteen Icelandic Yule Lads. He comes down from the mountains on 12 December, and in the old stories he makes for the sheep shed to steal milk from the ewes. In English he is known as Sheep-Cote Clod.
This hand-painted figure, designed by Brian Pilkington, shows him at work: astride a shaggy, black-faced sheep, one hand on her head, in a dark red cap and a grey jacket with striped cuffs. He stands on straw on a red base with his Icelandic name on the front.
He is about 9.5 cm tall and comes in a clear window box with a booklet in English. He is made to be displayed, not played with.
Product facts
- Character
- Stekkjarstaur (Sheep-Cote Clod), the first of the 13 Icelandic Yule Lads
- Comes to town
- 12 December
- Height
- about 9.5 cm (3.7 in)
- Design
- Brian Pilkington
- Brand
- Sólarfilma
- Finish
- painted by hand
- In the box
- the figure in a clear window box, with a small booklet in English about the 13 Yule Lads, Grýla, Leppalúði and the Yule Cat
- Good to know
- a display figure, not a toy
- EAN
- 5690666388014
Shipping, duties & returns
Shipping — DHL Express worldwide, fully tracked. Rates & times
US & Canada duties — collected at checkout; nothing to pay on delivery. How it works
Returns — unused items in original condition within 30 days; see our returns policy.
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Why you'll love it
- He opens the thirteen daysStekkjarstaur comes on 12 December and a brother follows each day until Christmas Eve. In Iceland his is the first morning children find a small gift in their shoe.
- A face that means businessWhite pointed beard, heavy brows, dark red cap, striped cuffs. He is scowling with effort, which suits a lad whose raids on the sheep shed were never a success.
- He arrives as picturedHe sits in a moulded tray inside a clear window box. One customer wrote that he looked great in his clear travel box, just as in the photos.
- A present with eleven more to followOne customer gave Stekkjarstaur to his wife and noted that he now has a gift ready for the next eleven Christmases.
- No bill at the doorUS and Canadian duties and taxes are settled at checkout, so nothing is collected on delivery.
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Made to be used together. One click adds both to your cart.
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Where Stekkjarstaur leads, fifteen follow
The set is all sixteen figures in one order: the thirteen brothers, Grýla, Leppalúði and the Yule Cat. It costs less than buying them one at a time.
Icelandic Yule Lad - Sheep-Cote Clod Yule Lads Figures - Set of all 16
$571.90 for both
Questions people ask before they buy
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