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Gully Gawk - Yule Lad Ornament

Name: Gully Gawk - Yule Lad Ornament
Brand: The Icelandic Store
SKU: YULE000005
Price: 25.90 USD
Availability: InStock

Giljagaur, the second Yule Lad (13 December) · hand-painted hanging ornament designed by Brian Pilkington · about 9 cm (3.5 in)

$25.90

For the person who always takes the cream off the top. Giljagaur waits in the cowshed for the froth on the milk, and this ornament has him with the pail in his arms, eyes shut, entirely pleased with himself.

Caught with the milk

Leaning out over the top of the red ring, his head and one striped arm above it
A wooden pail topped with white froth hugged to his chest
Eyes shut and smiling under a dark red cap
Shaggy dark waistcoat, grey breeches and tan leggings; GILJAGAUR in gold round the foot of the ring

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A pail of milk froth in his arms
Comes on 13 December
About 9 cm, one of the two larger ornaments

Description

Giljagaur, or Gully Gawk, is the second of the thirteen Icelandic Yule Lads and comes on 13 December. The National Museum of Iceland says that, before milking machines, he slipped into the cowshed and slurped the froth off the milk in the buckets.

The ornament has him leaning out over the top of a red ring, hugging a pail of froth, eyes shut and smiling. He is modelled and painted by hand on both sides and measures about 9 cm (3.5 in), slightly larger than most of the series. Designed by Brian Pilkington for Sólarfilma, on a gold-coloured cord, boxed with a booklet in English.

Product facts

Character: Giljagaur (Gully Gawk), the second of the 13 Yule Lads
Comes to town: 13 December
Size: about 9 cm (3.5 in), by the maker's measure
Design: Brian Pilkington
Brand: Sólarfilma
Finish: painted by hand, back as well as front
Hangs from: a gold-coloured cord loop
In the box: the ornament in a clear window box, with a small booklet in English about the 13 Yule Lads and the Yule Cat
Good to know: a decoration, not a toy
EAN: 5690666911021

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Gully Gawk - Yule Lad Ornament

$25.90

Why you'll love it

The second nightHe arrives on 13 December, the day after Sheep-Cote Clod, second of the thirteen brothers.
Collectors start earlyOne customer heard about the Yule Lads too late for Christmas, began buying the ornaments in June, and planned to have every one on the tree the next year.
A little booklet comes tooEach box holds a short booklet in English about the thirteen brothers and the Yule Cat, as that same collector noticed.
Exclusive to SólarfilmaBrian Pilkington designed this series of ornaments for Sólarfilma alone, the Icelandic publisher named on the box.
Six reach free shippingSix ornaments come to more than $149, and orders over $149 ship free to the US, Canada and Europe.

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Gully Gawk to stand on the shelf
The figure, about 12.5 cm tall, has both arms round the same kind of wooden pail and stands on a red base lettered GILJAGAUR.
Gully Gawk - Yule Lad Ornament Icelandic Yule Lad - Gully Gawk

$63.80 for both

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Questions people ask before they buy

What is in the pail?

Froth from the milk. The National Museum of Iceland says that, before milking machines, he slipped into the cowshed and slurped the foam off the milk in the buckets.

What does Giljagaur mean?

A gil is a gully, the deep cut a stream makes in the land, and gaur means a lad or a fellow. Gully Gawk is the usual English name.

Is he bigger than the others?

A little. The maker gives him as about 9 cm (3.5 in); he and Sausage Thief are the two at that size, and the other twelve ornaments are about 7.5 cm.

Are the backs flat?

No. A customer who collects them wrote that each is a full hanging figure, painted by hand, and not flat at the back. Behind him you see his cap, grey hair and shaggy waistcoat.