Window Peeper - Yule Lad Ornament
Gluggagægir, the tenth Yule Lad · hand-painted hanging ornament designed by Brian Pilkington · about 7.5 cm (3 in)
Every family seems to have one. A customer who hangs the lads as a reminder of a trip to Iceland wrote that they know exactly who their Window Peeper is. This one crouches in his ring with a little wooden window frame held up to his face, peering through it.
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- Comes 21 December, tenth of the thirteen
- Peering through his own window frame
- GLUGGAGÆGIR in gold up the side of the ring
On 21 December the tenth Yule Lad, Gluggagægir, comes to town. In English he is the Window Peeper. The National Museum of Iceland says he was less greedy than his brothers: he liked to peep in at windows, and sometimes made off with the toys he saw.
On this hanging ornament, designed by Brian Pilkington, he crouches side-on in a red ring lettered GLUGGAGÆGIR and peers through a little wooden window frame. About 7.5 cm (3 in), hand-painted all the way round, boxed with a small booklet in English. A tree ornament rather than a plaything. All fourteen are in the set.
Product facts
- Character
- Gluggagægir (Window Peeper), the tenth of the 13 Icelandic Yule Lads
- Comes to town
- 21 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
- 5690666911106
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Why you'll love it
- Curious more than hungryThe National Museum of Iceland describes him as less greedy than some of his brothers. He liked to peep through windows, and sometimes took the toys he saw.
- Caught looking, he pulls a faceAccording to the maker's booklet, being spotted only makes him bolder: he pulls the ugliest face he can.
- Tenth night, 21 DecemberHe comes after Sausage Thief and before Doorway Sniffer, with three brothers still to go before Christmas Eve.
- Drawn by an Englishman who stayedBrian Pilkington was born in Liverpool in 1950, came to Iceland for a summer holiday in 1977, and is still here, as his publisher puts it.
Popular together
Made to be used together. One click adds both to your cart.
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Window Peeper for the windowsill
The figure has the same habit: an empty wooden window frame raised to his face, about 13 cm tall. One for the tree, one for the windowsill.
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$63.80 for both
Questions people ask before they buy
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