Bronze and Silver Double Skin Tortoise Brooches

There are some magnificent finds of tortoise brooches from the Viking Age and I wanted the challenge of making something really special. I have combined the contasting colours of bronze and silver, inlaid them with twisted silver wire and riveted them with silver studs. They are a great deal of work to make and I only rarely find time to complete them. So I do not make many! The price is for the pair.

Just like the originals, they are painstakingly produced from a separately-cast base and top piece, hence the name 'double skin'. I have made them as thin and light as possible, with a strong steel pin on the back.

To save weight I have made them about 20% smaller than the original type.

They are Petersen type 51, the most popular style of the Viking Age, found in every country where the Vikings settled, in use in the 9^th and 10^th centuries.

They are exceptional treasures from the Viking Age that can now be worn by Viking women today.

The price if for the pair.

Length 86mm