CLOAK PINS / PENANNULAR BROOCHES
Small penannular brooches are used to fasten clothing either at the collar or at the waist. Larger penannular brooches are
called Cloak Pins as they are used for fastening a cloak. All the designs on this page are very tough, solid and chunky.
WROUGHT IRON CLOAK PINS
Hand made on a traditional forge these cloak pins can be used for Iron-Age, Viking or Medieval re-enactment.
Sizes given refer to the diameter of the ring.
| SGS72D | Small Iron Penannular Brooch (25mm)
| £10,
US$,
€
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| SGS72B | Medium Iron Penannular Brooch (50mm)
| £11,
US$,
€
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| SGS72C | Large Iron Penannular Brooch (60mm)
| £12,
US$,
€
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| SGS78 | Large Iron Cloak Pin with intricate hand wrought iron decoration (90mm)
| £45,
US$,
€
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BRASS CLOAK PINS
Solid metal cloak pin, hand-forged from copper alloy by a master blacksmith, very tough and strong! Suitable for all periods from Roman to Viking & Medieval.
Sizes given refer to the diameter of the ring.
| WFCP1 | Brass cloak pin (70mm)
| £15,
US$,
€
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BRONZE CLOTHES PINS
Small Viking penannular brooches to be used as clothes pins. Copies of original designs from Birka in solid bronze.
Sizes given refer to the diameter of the ring.
| SGS152A | Bronze clothes pin from Birka (30mm)
| £11,
US$,
€
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SILVER & BRONZE PENANNULAR BROOCHES
Viking penannular brooches to be used as cloak pins or clothes pins.
Sizes given refer to the diameter of the ring.
| SNPBP1 | Danish penannular brooch with three animal heads (55mm)
10th century Viking cloak pin from Denmark.
Ring and pin are thick and solid for strength, heads are dished out at the back to save on weight.
Length of pin 90mm.
Bronze £36,
US$,
€
Silver £225,
US$,
€
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF PENNANULAR BROOCH / CLOAK PIN:
- Open the cloak pin so that the pin is pointing in the opposite direction to the hole in the ring.
- Stick the pin through the cloth and then back out again so that the pin is held in place by the cloth.
- Close the cloak pin all the way so that the end of the pin passes through the ring.
- Turn the ring though 90 degrees.
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BONE CLOTHES PINS / HAIR PINS
Copies of large bone Viking pins found in Sweden. Can be used either as clothes pins or hair pins. Length 13-15cm. Comes in a set of four different designs.
| SGD641 | Set of four bone Viking pins (13-15cm)
| £19,
US$,
€
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CLOTHES HOOKS / GARTER HOOKS
CLOTHES CLASPS
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