QUICK FACTS
Name: Hornelund Brooches
What it is: Two gold clothing brooches
Where it is from: Varde, southwestern Jutland (Denmark)
When it was made: Early 11th century
These two brooches were part of a small hoard discovered along with a gold arm ring in southwestern Jutland, Denmark. Dated to the Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066), the brooches are decorated with ornamental wire bent into delicate shapes.
