Viking Horse Brooch - right

Viking Age horse brooch from Birka – right.

Here you can buy replicas of Viking Age horse brooches originating from an excavation at the Viking town of Birka.

The original horse-shaped brooches were recovered as a pair, together with a mirror-image brooch and other Viking-era grave goods, from chamber grave Bj 854 and constitute an exceptional single find.

The two horse brooches were found on the left and right sides below the shoulders – rather than the oval brooches usually worn by the Vikings – where they presumably served the same purpose, namely to fasten the Viking woman’s garment.

Link to the original horse brooches…

You can purchase the brooch in high-quality bronze or in genuine silver-plated finish.
Alternatively, you can also order them in 925 sterling silver (please note delivery times).
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Instead of garnets, the horses’ eyes are inlaid with red glass.

On the reverse of the horse brooch is a sturdy pin, suitable even for heavy fabrics.

The dimensions are 5.4 x 3.2 cm

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The two Viking Age horse brooches were discovered in the 1870s by the archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe in the chamber grave Bj 854 at Birka (Adelsö, Upland, Sweden) and were made of partially gilded silver with eyes set with garnets.

The horse brooches were most likely manufactured in Scandinavia and were buried in a 10th-century Viking grave, although the horses themselves probably date from the 6th or 7th century.

Their style and design suggest that the horses were originally made as fittings, but were later fitted with a pin mechanism and worn as brooches. They may have been in the family’s possession for several generations.