Viking Amulett of Vårby

Viking gripping beast amulet replica from Vårby.

The original Viking model for this Viking amulet reproduction dates to the 9th century and was found together with several differently designed pendants in the hoard find from Vårby / Sweden.

The pendant from Vårby is considered the most prominent representative of the fusion of Borre style and Jelling style. The most popular motif of the Borre style shows a gripping beast, usually framed in a circle, while the animal figures of the Jelling style are more slender and designed with a long, S-shaped body and band decoration.

The Viking pendant from Vårby is shaped as a circle and shows Jelling-style animals with ribbon-shaped bodies in profile and heads with open jaws and protruding tongues, but each with prehensile paws and an entwined body, which are typical features of the Borre style.

Link to the original pendant...

The original for this Viking Age replica was originally made of gilded silver and is now in the possession of Statens Historiska Museet, Stockholm. Some examples of this Viking pendant have also been found in Russia near the important trading settlement of Gnezdovo, near Smolensk.

Dimensions: 4 x 3.3 cm.

You can buy the Viking amulet of Vårby in high-quality bronze and also in real silver plated.

A 2 mm thick leather strap in 1 m length is included. 

The Viking treasure find from Vårby was discovered in April 1871 in the Swedish village of the same name and is one of the most remarkable finds of the Viking Age.

In addition to two large ring brooches, a massive disc brooch and a precious necklace with 42 silver beads, the Vårby hoard also contained 19 belt fittings with Arabian plant motifs, a strap tongue with vine leaf decoration and 19 other pendants with motifs in the Nordic griffin animal style and with Arabian motifs.