Urnes Style Viking Bird Brooch

Replica of a bird brooch from the Viking Age.

Here you can buy a detailed Viking Age bird brooch replica in so-called Urnes style, based on a Norwegian find from the late Viking Age.

The original Viking Age bird brooch was found in 2011 with a metal detector on the Jessnes Nedre farm in the Norwegian municipality of Ringsaker in Hedmark and was made of gold-plated silver. It dates back to the 11th century AD.

The bird brooch shows a bird in the so-called Urnes style in profile, its head facing to the right, with raised wings and a fan-shaped tail, the bird's legs having claws.

Link to the historical model...

Like the historical bird brooch, the replica measures 3.7 x 3.6 cm.

You can buy the Celtic brooch in high-quality bronze or genuine silver-plated.
Alternatively, also available in 925 sterling silver (please note the delivery time).
Alloy...

There is a small eyelet on the back of the Viking Age bird brooch so that it can also be worn as a pendant if required.
A leather strap is not included.

---

Bird brooches and other zoomorphic brooches in the Urnese style were widespread in Scandinavia at the end of the Viking Age and were used as a decorative element on many pieces of jewellery. The Urnes style combined traditional Viking art with Celtic and Romanesque influences.

The artistic decorations in the stave church of Urnes, in the Norwegian town of Ornes near the Sognefjord, gave the Urnes style its name. The church was built around 1100 and is considered to be the oldest stave church in the world.