S-shaped Longobard Bird Brooch

Longobard bird brooch from the Merovingian period.

Authentic replica of an S-shaped Longobard bird brooch with red cloisonné, after a historical find from the Merovingian period.

This Longobard bird brooch dates to the late 5th to 6th century AD and was made after an early medieval find from the Merovingian period, which comes from a private collection.

Link to the original bird brooch...

The model for this Lombard bird brooch was a silver-gilt S-shaped brooch with a stylised bird's head at both ends and a row of garnet inlays in cloisonné technique on a waffle ground.

Our replica has cell inlays made of red glass enamel instead of the original Almandine cloisonné.

You can buy the bird brooch in high-quality bronze or genuine silver-plated.
Alternatively, you can also order it in 925 sterling silver (please note delivery time).
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Dimensions of the Longobard bird brooch: 3.7 x 3.2 cm.

There is a sturdy pin with a spiral construction on the back.

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S-shaped bird brooches with red garnet inlays were widespread among the Lombards in the early Middle Ages. However, such s-shaped brooches with bird heads were also an elementary part of the costume of other Germanic peoples such as the Franks, Bavarians and Alamanni from the 5th to 7th century.

The Lombard bird brooches of the Merovingian period are typical of the Germanic four-brooch garb, in which two S-brooches worn on top of each other closed the neckline of the undergarment on a woman's costume.

Germanic bird brooches very often had inlays in the technique of cloisonné. Small pieces of glass or precious stone (almandines) are inserted into a previously applied net of metal cells on a waffled foil of gold leaf or gold-plated silver and fastened by crimping the cell bars.