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Silver fibulae from DenmarkTwo silver fibulae depicting women. One shows a woman with two plaits in her hair. The other shows an armed person on horseback with an armed woman…
BroochesA selection of oval brooches and trefoil brooches on display at kulturhistorisk museum.
Oval brooches and beadsA display of oval brooches and beads showing how the beads might have been worn between the brooches.
Artefact from ÁrósOn the photo are (from upper left corner):
- miniature spearhead;
- miniature lead anchor;
- Thor's hammer;
- awl with handle made of polished…
Urnes-Style Brooch from HedebyBronze Urnes-style brooch with an ornament in a form of a snake (or a dragon).
This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby Viking Museum…
Galgebakken FibulaA silver fibula in the form of a woman with a shield and sword. This has been identified as a Valkyrie, although it may be a shieldmaiden.
Viking-Age ship brooch in Nationalmuseet, DanmarkA plate brooch representing a prowed ship, from a Viking-Age grave inLillevang in Bornholm, Denmark.For a higher-resolution image see…
Finds from a Burial at Fevang in SandefjordThe finds from this grave were primarily tools, including pliers, a frying pan and a pot handle. The display also includes bronze oval brooches, glass…
Cross-shaped BroochesA large cross-shaped brooch from Tveitene in Larvik and a smaller one from Kongsteigen in Stokke.
FibulaeA selection of reproduction fibulae, some steel and some bronze.
The Pitney BroochFrom British Museum Website:
"Dished gilt copper-alloy disc brooch, Urnes style. Within a scalloped border, the convex surface of the circular…
Stæven Pendant Souvenir in Kalundborg MuseumSilver ship stern pendants
Pitney Spænde Brooch Replica in Kalundborg MuseumBased on the Late Viking Age Urnes-Style Pitney Brooch (in the British Museum).
Oval Brooch from Gotland in the Ashmolean MuseumOval brooch, gilt copper alloy. 800-900. Gotland, Sweden. AN1909.121
Viking-Age Plate Brooch in the Ashmolean MuseumPlate brooch, copper alloy, 800-1000, Denmark. AN1909.107
Viking-Age Box Brooch in the Ashmolean MuseumBox brooch, copper alloy, 750-1100, Gotland, Sweden.
Late Viking-Age Brooch in the Ashmolean MuseumFire steel, copper alloy and iron. 1050-1150. Gotland, Sweden. AN1909.97.
Viking-Age Oval Brooch in the Ashmolean MuseumOval brooch, copper alloy, 900-1000. Denmark.
Silver Oval Brooch from HedebyOne of two unique silver oval brooches from chamber grave 5 from eastern part of southern cemetery in Hedeby. This brooch is covered with filigree…
A Mould and its Associated Brooch in the National Museum of IrelandThis mould was almost certainly used to make the star-shaped kite brooch that is displayed beside it. Both were found on the same site.