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This page contains a collection of handcrafted  Museum Replica Viking Men's Brooches and various Viking Women's Brooches as well as Celtic Brooches, Anglo-Saxon Brooches , Germanic / Merovingian Brooches and Ring Pins in Silver and Bronze.

      Viking dress pins
Viking Dress Pins
Viking   of artifacts this style & size are extremely rare
Pin is approx. 4 1/2", Pendant 1 1/2" wide.
Viking Era,  9th - 11th Century
 Replica of Private Collection Artifact

Sterling Silver ... $105
Pair ... $190

Viking Dress Pin  Found as a Pair. From a Swedish Viking settlement area on the Eastern Baltic coast. Finely detailed with Lunic style hemispherical granulated pendants, each with dangles on links of chain. The pins have a forged tapered head with a hook near the top, and a Sun Wheel on the top of the pin head (pictured center).

Pennangular Style Viking Brooches

Viking Thistle Brooch
The Thistle Brooch, well liked and very popular with the Vikings, originated in 9th. Century Ireland. Moving onto the Continent, it gained in popularity as it increased in size and complexity. This Thistle Brooch has ball shaped terminals and Pin-head, deeply criss-cross incised with a distinctive Bramble effect. The Pin is fitted with an expanded vertical terminal. The Front panels are crafted in Jelling style (an early Viking art style), framed in a circular knotwork border.
Please see also Celtic Thistle Brooch below.
 
thistle brooch

 




Viking Thistle Brooch
Rich distinctive detail
Approx. 9 Oz.
4" Diameter 

Sterling Silver ... $525

Hatteberg Brooch
Sterling Silver Viking Pennangular Brooch with Cast and punched decoration, six Animal Masks embellish the edging border. Rich domed Golden Bronze panels are inlaid on the front. The reverse has finely detailed zoomorphic designs in Jelling style.  The Hatteberg Brooch is an excellent example of Norse Craftsmanship working in Insular tradition.
hatteberg brooch






Hatteberg Brooch
Hatteberg, Norway 
9th Century 

Jelling Design on Reverse
Sterling Silver & Golden Bronze
4" Diameter 

Bi-metal Sterling Silver w/ Brass Panels... $425
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Hatteberg Brooch (below, Bronze Version)

This hefty Bronze version also has bi-metal construction with punched decoration, six Animal Masks embellish the edging border. The inlaid, domed panels on the front are Sterling Silver. The reverse has a finely detailed zoomorphic design in Viking Era Jelling style.  

viking pennangular brooch



Hatteberg Brooch
Bronze Version
Hatteberg,, Norway 
9th Century 
A Creation of  Norse craftsmanship 
done in Insular Tradition.
Two sided
4" Diameter 

Bi-metal Bronze w/ Sterling Silver... $265



  tapered cloak pin


Tapered Cloakpin
Tapered & twisted Rod
withViking Age Terminals
 9th - 10th Century
2 1/2" diameter Ring

Sterling Silver ... $285
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Viking penannular





Jutland Penannular
Jutland, Celtic Influences , 9th - 10th Century
Ball & Saucer Terminals
2 1/2" diameter Ring

Sterling Silver ... $135


 
  thistle brooch


Distel Brooch
 deeply  incised thistle  terminals
9th - 10th century
Approx. 2" diameter
Sterling Silver ... $125
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penannular brooches


Rolled Penannular
Typical Pennangular
W/ Rolled Terminals
800 - 1200 CE
Various  sizes

Sterling Silver ... $25 to $50



Viking Women's Brooches
Viking Women's Brooches were usually characteristic of  a particular Culture. Gotlandic Women were known to wear Animal Headed Brooches. Scandinavian Women wore Oval or Tortoise Brooches. As the Finnish Women were known to wear Circular or Round Brooches. Women's brooches from the Pagan period are found in the center of the chest. Later representations show them clasped at the shoulders.

Oval Brooches
The most characteristic items of female Viking  jewelry are the pairs of Oval Brooches, sometimes called Tortoise Brooches, from their shape, found in many female graves from the Viking Age.  The Tortoise Brooches themselves were sometimes chained together.  These Chains suspended from the pair of Brooches also supported utilitarian objects such as Tweezers, Ear Spoon,  Scissors and a Saex.  Sometimes the Brooches suspended strands of Beads of Glass, Silver, Amber or Jet.
tortoise brooches
Tortoise Brooches
Known from Ireland to the Volga
8th - 10th Century
Very impressive, w/ protruding shadow box cups
3" X 2 3/8"
 
 Bronze w/ Sterling Silver Cups (above) ... $335 /Pair 
 
Sterling Silver  (below) ... $555 /Pair



tortoise brooch  
Oval Brooches
Based on Find from Snasen, Norway
Openwork Design
8th - 10th Century
2" x 3"
  
Sterling Silver ... $395 / Pair
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birka brooches Birka Brooches
Based on Find from Birka, Sweden
Late Viking Age
11th Century
Approx. 2" tall
  
Sterling Silver ... $125 / Pair
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A light weight & slender alternative to Tortoise Brooches!



Trefoil Brooches
The form of the Trefoil Brooch originated with Carolingian Sword Belt fittings, which were obtained in Raid or Trade by the Vikings. Initially, these pieces were simply converted into a Brooch, later on the style was replicated by the Viking Metal Smith. The motifs on Viking Trefoil Brooches are usually of animals rather than plants. By the 9th century they spread widely through the Viking World.  Worn in Pairs at the Shoulder Viking Trefoil Brooches were also worn singularly in the center  on a Cloak or Shawl.
trefoil brooch
trefoil brooch
Jarnalder Trefoil
Borre Style Brooch
Norway,  9th Century
Lightweight but dependable with openwork design
sturdy hand riveted Spring Steel pin 
Approx.  3 1/4"

Sterling Silver ... $220 
Sold individually
Uppland Trefoil
 Borre Style Brooch
9th - 10th Century.
Bold deep relief design
sturdy hand riveted Spring Steel pin.
Approx. 3 1/4" 

Sterling Silver ... $225 ea.  /$415 Pair
Bronze ... $215 /Pair



borre trefoil

Borre Trefoil Brooch
Trefoil Brooch in Borre Style
Based on find from Danemark
9th - 10th Century
Original in Museum in Moesgard
Approx. 2" wide

Sterling Silver ... $95
Bronze ... $55
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Urnes Style Brooches
The combination of both broad and thin lines of ornament and scrolling loops is typical of the Scandinavian "Urnes Style".  This style is named after the wooden carvings at the Church of Urnes, Norway. It shows the highly accomplished, final development of Viking art.
Variants of this type of Brooch are found throughout Scandinavia, Iceland and  used to fasten a Viking Woman's Shawl or Cloak.
urnes brooch


Urnes Brooch
Done in "Urnes Style"
From a Stray Find in
Trollaskogur, Iceland  1100 CE
Solid, with Openwork  
Approx. 1 3/4"

Sterling Silver ... $145
Bronze ... $98

Disc Brooches
Examples of Round Brooches being worn instead of Oval Brooches were found in the more Northern reaches of the Continent. Round or Circular Brooches were most notably worn by Finnish Women.  Men also wore Round and Circular Brooches, regardless of cultural background.

varby brooch


Vårby Brooch
Replica of Brooch from Vårby Hoard,
one of Sweden's most magnificent Viking Age Hoards
10th Century

Brooch Fixtures & Pendant Bail on Back 
Approx.   2 1/4" Diameter

Sterling Silver ... $225
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borre brooch
Rus Brooch
Artifact Copy
Borre Style
9th - 10th Century  
 Approx. 1 3/8" across

Sterling Silver... $55
Bronze ... $30 


Viking round brooches
Raven Disk
Norway, 10th Century
Domed Disc Brooch, strong detail
Approx. 1 3/4"

Sterling Silver ... $65
Pair ... $115
Bronze ... $40
Pair ... $70


Urnes Brooch

Wyrmfrowe
From Standing Stone
Uppland, Sweden
Urnes Style Open Work
 (1050 - 1170)
Approx. 2"

Sterling