Skyr Glutton - Yule Lad Ornament
Skyrgámur, the eighth Yule Lad · hand-painted hanging ornament designed by Brian Pilkington · about 7.5 cm (3 in)
For anyone who came home from Iceland with a taste for skyr. He sits on top of the barrel he has just raided, a bowl of skyr in one hand and a helping on the fingers of the other, eyes squeezed shut with pleasure.
On top of the barrel
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- Comes 19 December, eighth of the thirteen
- Bowl of skyr in hand, barrel underneath
- SKYRGÁMUR in gold on the red ring
Skyrgámur, the Skyr Glutton, is the eighth of Iceland's thirteen Yule Lads and comes to town on 19 December. Skyr is a thick Icelandic dairy food, much like yoghurt, and in the old stories he crept into the pantry and ate the tub empty.
This hanging ornament, designed by Brian Pilkington, has him sitting on a hooped wooden barrel inside a red ring lettered SKYRGÁMUR, laughing over a bowl of skyr. He is painted by hand on both sides, measures about 7.5 cm (3 in) and comes in his own window box with a small English booklet. A decoration for the tree, not a toy. All fourteen are also sold as a set.
Product facts
- Character
- Skyrgámur, the eighth of the 13 Icelandic Yule Lads. Skyr Glutton in the maker's booklet, Skyr Gobbler at the National Museum of Iceland
- Comes to town
- 19 December
- Size
- about 7.5 cm (3 in), by the maker's measurement
- 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 tree decoration, not a toy
- EAN
- 5690666911083
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Why you'll love it
- Sitting on the evidenceThe skyr in the pantry was always his target. The ornament catches him after the raid, perched on top of the barrel with no plans to move.
- Small, with detail you can seeA customer who bought him found him just the right size to see the detail. Look for the hoops on the barrel and the stripes on his stockings.
- Worth turning roundOrnaments turn on their cord. On the back of this one the waistcoat, the green jacket and a square patch on the seat of his trousers are all painted.
- The eighth small giftIn Iceland children leave a shoe on the windowsill and each lad leaves something in it. On the night of 19 December, it is Skyrgámur's turn.
Popular together
Made to be used together. One click adds both to your cart.
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The same lad, for the shelf
The figure shows Skyrgámur standing and bent double over his skyr tub. Designed by Brian Pilkington and painted by hand, it keeps him in the kitchen after the tree comes down.
Skyr Glutton - Yule Lad Ornament Icelandic Yule Lad - Skyr Glutton
$63.80 for both
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Skyrgámur's brothers, ready to hang
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