Pewter openwork with embossed design. Secures to garment by way of a pin with locking, safety catch. The silver original of this brooch is presently in the Museum of Northern Antiquities at Copenhagen. It is a true representation of early Scandinavian art in the 9th century AD and has an Oriental influence. It was found on the Isle of Bjorko, Sweden. Width: 92mm Height: 32mm Supplied in a satin and velvet-lined gift box.
Viking is one of the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century.[1] These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This period of Viking expansion is known as the Viking Age, and forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia, the British Isles and Europe in general.