Viking Disc Brooch in Borre Style

Replica of a Viking disc brooch in the Borre style.

The expressive disc brooch you can buy here is based on a Finnish find from the 10th century. This type of disc brooch was particularly common in the Baltic States and Finland.

This detailed Viking disc brooch can be used to close a cape on the chest or worn in a pair as an alternative to the bowl brooch to hold the apron, as was common in the Baltic and Finnish regions during the Viking Age.

Link to the original disc brooch...

Diameter of the Viking disc brooch: 4.6 cm.

You can buy the Viking brooch in high-quality bronze or in real silver-plated.

The centre of this disc brooch is dominated by a cross in the so-called Borre style, the second of the artistic styles of the Viking Age. In combination with the serpentine braided bands, this highlights the combination of pagan and Christian elements in the art of the Vikings of this time and thus sheds light on the significant social upheavals of that period.

One of the famous Viking art styles is the so-called Borrestil, named after the grave find at Borre in Vestfold / Norway. This find dates to the 9th to 10th century. The Borre style is the second phase of the Nordic griffin style.

The Borre style was particularly widespread in eastern Scandinavia as a design element for Viking jewellery and is characterized above all by mirror-symmetrical motifs, such as circles and squares, which are often expressed in a combination with mythical animals and wickerwork ornamentation.