Museum Replica Viking, Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Brooches

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This page contains a collection of handcrafted Museum Replica Penannular Style Brooches and various Women's Brooches as well as
Disk Brooches, Celtic Brooches, Fibulae and Germanic / Merovingian Brooches in Silver and Bronze.
At the bottom of this page, you can find various Clasps and Pins.

Penannular Style 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.

Viking Thistle Brooch
9th - 11 th Century
Rich distinctive detail

4" Diameter
6" Pin

Sterling Silver ... $1045

Bramble Brooch
Traditional Scottish / Viking / Celtic design with distinctive Thistle Pattern on terminal Orbs and Pin Head.
Bi-metal construction with golden brass panels in Celtic pattern on Sterling Silver framework.
This well liked motif originated in 9th CE Ireland and spread throughout mainland Europe.

Bramble Brooch
Rich distinctive detail
3.5" Diameter

Bi-metal Sterling Silver & Brass ... $985

Hatteberg Brooch
Sterling Silver Viking Penannular 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, Norway
9th Century

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

Bi-metal Sterling Silver w/ Brass Panels... $675

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.

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... $295

Openwork Brooch
Beautiful Detail
9th - 10th Century
Approx. 2 1/2" diameter

Sterling Silver w/ Bronze Domes
$255

Also available with Amber Stones
instead of Bronze Domes

Small Thistle Brooch
deeply incised thistle terminals
9th - 10th century
Approx. 2" diameter

Sterling Silver ... $195

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. Finnish Women were known to wear Circular or Round Brooches.

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

Sterling Silver ... $245
Pair ... $425

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).

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
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) ... $435 /Pair
Solid Sterling Silver (below) ... $895 /Pair

Oval Brooches
Based on Find from Snasen, Norway
Openwork Design
8th - 10th Century
2" x 3"

Sterling Silver ... $575 / Pair

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 Smiths. 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.

Stora Ryk Trefoil Brooch
Filigree & Granulation
with little Ring
Viking Age
Stora Ryk, Sweden
Approx. 2 1/2" across

Sterling Silver ... $495

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 ... $385
Bronze ... $195

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

Sterling Silver ... $375
Bronze ... $195

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 and Iceland and they were used to fasten a Viking Woman's Shawl or Cloak.

Urnes Brooch
Done in "Urnes Style"
From a Stray Find in
Trollaskogur, Iceland 1100 CE
Solid, with Openwork
Approx. 2 1/4" tall

Sterling Silver ... $235
Bronze ... $145

Equal-Armed Brooch
During the Viking Era, the Equal Armed Brooch was among the most common of pieces worn by Viking Women. Most every women had a 3 piece assemble: a pair of Brooches at the shoulders, be they Round Brooches, Trefoil Brooches or Tortoise Brooches. The central piece, which held their outer or under garments together, was most always an Equal Armed Brooch.

Raven's Roost
Based on various Viking Era Equal Armed Brooches
Very strong piece for heavier Garments
9th - 10th Century
Spring Steel Pin in Back
Approx. 3" wide

Sterling Silver ... $295
Bronze ... $195

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 singularly, regardless of cultural background.

Ringerike Disk
Viking Age Disk from Gotland, Sweden
Scandinavian Family Book
11th Century
Solid, Hefty Casting
Approx. 2 1/2" diameter

Sterling Silver ... $495
Bronze ... $225

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

Solid, Hefty Casting
Broach Fixtures & Pendant Bail on Back
Approx. 2 1/4" diameter

Sterling Silver ... $355
Bronze ... $185

Mosegard Broach
Mosegard, Denmark Hoard
9th Century

Broach Fixtures & Pendant Bail on Back
Approx. 2" diameter

Sterling Silver ... $285

Fylfot Pferde
Lightweight openwork design
The Horse is associated with the God Frey.
The Fylfot is an Ancient Sacred Symbol.

Bi-metal Sterling Silver on Bronze
Approx. 3" diameter ... $195

Round Disk Broach
Viking Age Borre Style
Broach Fixtures & Pendant Bail on Back

Approx. 1 1/2" diameter
Sterling Silver ... $125

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

Sterling Silver ... $225

Raven Disk
Norway, 10th Century
Domed Disk Brooch, strong detail
Approx. 1 3/4" diameter

Sterling Silver ... $165

Rus Brooch
Artifact Copy
Borre Style
9th - 10th Century
Approx. 1 3/8" diameter

Sterling Silver ... $95

Anglo-Saxon Fylfot
Museum Replica of 4th - 5th Century
Anglo-Saxon Find
Sturdy Bronze Pin in Back
Approx. 1 1/2"

Sterling Silver ... $95
Bronze ... $55

Germanic Brooches

Ring Brooch
Replica of Private Collection Artifact
14th century
Approx. 3" long

Sterling Silver w/ Amber ... $225

Fylfot Horse Brooch
Replica of Private Collection Artifact
5th - 7th Century
Approx. 1 1/2" across

Sterling Silver ... $125
Bronze ... $65

Quoit Brooch

Quoit Brooches originated with the Saxons in the late 4th Century, the example depicted here is decorated with Scandinavian / Viking style geometric Animal Motifs. The Quoit Brooch spread from west to east across Europe and were part of Slavic Folk Costumes until the 14th and 15th Century. A Quoit Brooch is a variation on the Annular Brooch with a fixed position Pin.

Quoit Brooch

Scandinavian / Viking zoomorphic Design
with hand-forged Latch pin

8th - 12th Century
3 1/4" wide

Sterling Silver ... $375

Celtic Brooches

Hallstatt Brooch
Replica of Find
Hallstatt culture, Austria
Early Celtic, unique design
6th Century BC
Approx. 3 1/4" x 5 "

Sterling Silver ... $525
Not available in Bronze

Roscrea Brooches
Captivating bi-metal fabrication of finely detailed golden brass Panels, framed in a solid Sterling Silver, hand stamped body with Garnets or Amber stones. Also available in Bronze with Sterling Silver panels and Carnelian Stones. Highly detailed Celtic design covers the complete reverse side. Fine example of Celtic Annular Brooch with ornate tri-lobed swivel pin head. Based on the Roscrea Brooch from Tipperary, Ireland 9th Century.

Regal Roscrea Brooch
Truly unique museum quality
Brass Panels on Sterling Silver
with Garnets or Amber
Approx. 3"

Bi-metal Sterling Silver with Brass ... $625

Roscrea Brooch
Truly unique museum quality
Silver Panels on Bronze
with Carnelian Stones
Approx. 3"

Bi-metal Bronze with Sterling Silver ... $455

Celtic Bow Brooch

Maiden Fibula
Styled after brooch
Oberwittig-Hausen, Germany
5th early 4th BCE, La Tene, Celtic
Mirror surface with strong detail

Approx. 3 1/2" long Sterling Silver ... $195

Fibulae

Radiant Fibula
Radiant Head Style Fibula
of Anglo-Saxon Origin
with Wolf, Beast, Raven and Mask Motives
5th - 8th Century
High relief, with openwork
very sturdy and functional.

Approx. 5 1/2" long

Sterling Silver ... $725

Jorvik Fibula
Replica of Find from Jorvik, England
10th Century
High relief, very sturdy and functional
Sterling Silver with Bronze Dome

Approx. 3" long ... $165

Borre Pin
Ring-headed Pin in Borre Style
Replica of Scandinavian Find
excavated in Russia
Late 10th century
Approx. 8" long

Bronze ... $165

Clasps

Equal Armed Clasp
Great Cloak Closure:
Each Arm pins individually and swivels on the Hook & Eye Center
Styled after various Nordic Designs
High relief, with openwork
Approx. 6" long by 1 3/4" wide

Sterling Silver w/ Garnets ... $725 / Set
Bronze w/ Carnelians ... $455 / Set

Birka Buttons Replica of Original Button find
from Birka, Sweden Approx. 1/2" long each
Sterling Silver

Set of 4 Buttons ... $125

Rus Kaftan Clasp
Double Hook & Eye Clasp
for use on heavy Fabric and Leather
Cloaks, Capes & Kaftans
Kruskaya, Russia
Tabs for attaching on each back *
Approx. 2 5/8" wide

Sterling Silver... $145 / Set

Gyrfal
Double cloak clasp
Styled after 10th. Century Rus Hook
3 Holes each for sewing on
Approx. 2 1/4" each

Sterling Silver... $125 / Pair
Bronze ... $75 / Pair

Fæst Cloak Clasp
(Fæst, "firmly fixed, steadfast")
Double Cloak Clasp
Rings at Top for attachment
Approx. 1 3/4" each

Sterling Silver ... $165 / Pair
Bronze ... $95 / Pair

Pins