Small Viking Ring Brooch - Polyhedral Ends

Replica of a Viking ring brooch with polyhedral ends.

This small Viking ring brooch was made based on a historical model from the island of Gotland, Sweden.

The original Viking ring brooch was made of silver. It was part of a hoard from Sigsarve in the municipality of Hejde on Gotland and dates from between 800 and 1100 AD.

Due to the polygonal, cube-shaped end knobs, this type of ring brooch is called a polyhedron brooch or brooch with cuboctahedral or faceted ends. These ring brooches are typical of many Viking Age ring brooches in eastern Sweden, Finland and the Baltic States.

Link to the historical ring brooch...

Dimensions of the polyhedron ring brooch: 4 x 3.5 cm.

You can buy his Viking brooch in high-quality bronze or in genuine silver-plated.
Alternatively, also available in 925 sterling silver (Please note the delivery time).
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Large ring brooches were usually used to fasten men's cloaks on the right shoulder. Smaller ring brooches were used by the Vikings to fasten the neckline of a shirt or a caftan.

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Viking ring brooches with polyhedral ends were certainly modelled on the weights of Viking-era carts, which were identically shaped and decorated. It is believed that this design in the form of weights was originally an expression of the wearer's identification with his profession as a merchant or member of a merchant guild.

Ring brooches with polyhedral ends were very common in the Baltic region and account for about 40% of all ring brooches found between 800 and 1000 AD. Therefore, this type of brooch probably became a well-known and frequently used design over time and was no longer reserved for a closed guild of merchants.