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Icelandic Yule Lad - Pot Licker

Name: Icelandic Yule Lad - Pot Licker
Brand: Penninn
SKU: PSF901053
Price: 37.90 USD
Availability: InStock

Pottasleikir, the fifth Yule Lad (16 December) · hand-painted figure designed by Brian Pilkington · about 11 cm tall

$37.90

For whoever in your family gets to the pan before the washing-up does. He stands with one eye shut in a wink and a black cooking pot gripped in both hands, and he does not look like he is giving it back.

Pot Licker at a glance

One eye shut in a wink, both hands on a black cooking pot
Dark red cap, brown waistcoat and pale green sleeves, painted by hand
His Icelandic name in gold letters on the red base
Packed in a clear window box that can be wrapped as it is

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Designed by Brian Pilkington
POTTASLEIKIR lettered on the base
Window box with an English booklet

Description

Pottasleikir, Pot Licker, is the fifth of Iceland's thirteen Yule Lads and comes down from the mountains on 16 December. In the old stories he waited for the pots nobody had washed, made off with them and licked the insides clean. The National Museum of Iceland knows him as Pottaskefill, Pot Scraper; both names are in use.

This figure shows him winking, with a black cooking pot held in both hands. He stands about 11 cm tall on a red base lettered POTTASLEIKIR. Designed by Brian Pilkington, painted by hand, and packed in a clear window box with a booklet in English about the whole family. A decorative figure, not a toy.

Product facts

Character: Pottasleikir (Pot Licker), also known as Pottaskefill (Pot Scraper), the fifth of the 13 Yule Lads
Comes to town: 16 December
Height: about 11 cm (4.3 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: 5690666388052

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Icelandic Yule Lad - Pot Licker

$37.90

Why you'll love it

The washing-up thiefThe National Museum of Iceland tells it like this: he waited for the pots that had not been washed yet, snatched them away and licked out what was left inside.
The middle one of the three lickersSpoon Licker comes on 15 December, Pot Licker on the 16th and Bowl Licker on the 17th. For three nights running, nothing in the kitchen is safe.
Drawn by an artist who came for a holidayBrian Pilkington came to Iceland from England on holiday in the 1970s and stayed. He has drawn the country's trolls and Yule Lads in book after book.
A shoe in the windowFrom 12 December Icelandic children leave a shoe on the windowsill, and each lad leaves something small in it as he comes to town. The 16th is Pot Licker's turn.
Bought to finish a setTwo of the customers who reviewed him were building up a full set, ordering five and six lads at a time. Another calls the lads a memento of a trip to Iceland.
The price you see is the price you payUS and Canada duties and taxes are settled at checkout.

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All three lickers, and the other thirteen
Pot Licker belongs between Spoon Licker and Bowl Licker. The set of 16 has the whole family in one order, and costs less per figure than buying them one at a time.
Icelandic Yule Lad - Pot Licker Yule Lads Figures - Set of all 16

$571.90 for both

Family-owned since 2013Run by two brothers in Iceland

2,600+ verified reviewsRated 4.9 out of 5

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Questions people ask before they buy

The base says Pottasleikir. Isn't he called Pottaskefill?

Both names are in use. The National Museum of Iceland calls him Pottaskefill, Pot Scraper, and adds that he is sometimes called Pot Licker. The maker of this figure uses Pottasleikir, so that is the name on the base and in the booklet. It is the same lad: the fifth, on 16 December.

How big is he?

About 11 cm tall (4.3 in), by the maker's measurement. He is a small figure for a kitchen shelf or a windowsill, not a large statue.

Is it worth ordering just one?

That depends on the shipping to your address, which you see at checkout before you pay. One figure is a small parcel, but it still travels from Iceland. Several customers who reviewed him ordered five or six lads together, and orders over $149 ship free to the US, Canada and Europe.

Will I pay duties or customs on delivery?

Not in the US or Canada — duties and taxes are settled at checkout. For other destinations, any local import charges are collected by the courier on delivery.