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14K Yellow Gold Viking Trade Bracelets – please call to order

A.) Fifteen Stars Bracelet…………..#X3957NS…..$8,450

B.) Four Winds Bracelet…………….#X3958NS…..$7,650

C.) Cross Country Ski Bracelet….#X3959NS…..$7,950

Viking Trade Bracelets, Gold

 

Rare Fast Gold Viking Opportunity

We make all three bracelets in sterling silver. We have made all three bracelets in yellow gold. Typically, we make them in gold on custom request. Today we happen to have one X3958NS, “Four Winds” in 14K yellow gold. It’s X3958NS and sells for $7,650. If you would like this bracelet in gold, call us and we can ship it directly to you. Shipping is free anywhere in the USA. If you would like either of the other two bracelets in gold, call us and allow 8 weeks. Everything else in silver, you can click and buy, shipping is safe, fast, and free.

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Bracelet Details

14K Yellow Gold Viking Trade Bracelets – please call to order

A.) Fifteen Stars Bracelet…………..#X3957NS…..$8,450

B.) Four Winds Bracelet…………….#X3958NS…..$7,650

C.) Cross Country Ski Bracelet….#X3959NS…..$7,950

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Viking Trade Bracelets

Re-created from 1,000-year-old Viking originals
The original Viking bracelets were made to trade for furs and other valuables

 

Imagine the arrival: dogs barking, children running alongside the incoming trader’s sleds. Men warily looking up from their work. Women excited. Would the traders begin negotiating right away in the short day’s winter light or would they wait for the drama of evening, villagers gathered around a fire. The golden bronze patterns glowing in the firelight. Admiring women letting their men know which designs they wanted. A lot of talk. The best furs coming out for the trade.

We acquired three authentic 1,000-year-old bronze Viking bracelets found by scuba divers in Lake Lagoda’s* shallow near-shore waters. We bought them at an international rare antiquities auction. These Viking Bracelets were made for trade. Jewelry was an ideal item for trade: small, compact, beautiful, desirable, it traveled well; and when new and made in bronze, they glowed like gold.

The beauty of these flat strap bracelets captured the fancy of women everywhere in the Viking world. In the winter, as the rivers which flowed into the Baltic Sea froze over, they became express highways into the remote regions of Germany and Russia. Viking traders loaded their dog sleds with jewelry and made the dash for the wild interior. Their goal: to visit as many large and small villages as they could along lakes and rivers where they would trade for large pelts and small furs, which had great value at their trading centers back at the coast.

Our reason for acquiring these trade bracelets was to rescue these lovely patterns for modern women. We have maintained the rustic detail of their gentle lake aging. We have also duplicated the inside bevel on the original bracelets making these bracelets super comfortable. *Europe’s largest lake.

This is a true story. Viking trader following a frozen river. Moving swiftly. Dogsled laden with trade jewelry. Lashed down secure. River opening onto a frozen lake. Skirting the shoreline. Making good time. A brilliant winter morning. Hitting a patch of thin ice. The sled, its cargo, drifting down, drifting down.

A thousand years later scuba divers find a hoard of jewelry preserved in the soft mud. Hundreds of pieces. From a mysterious German collector and an international auction of rare antiquities, we acquired three choice handstamped flat-strap Viking trade bracelets. Here recreated in gold, capturing exquisite original detail and a thousand years of gentle lake aging.

Rescuing these patterns after a thousand years was a miracle. The original Viking bracelets are in our private collection of antiquities. Our new gold recreations we made larger to fit modern women. Easily fits standard size wrist of American women.

Orders Under $1,000 – Free shipping via FedEx (allow 4 business days). You can upgrade to overnight delivery for $20.

Orders Over $1,000 require a signature on delivery. You may choose free FedEx Overnight or US Post Office Express.

Rings that need to be sized take extra time (one week). If ordering a ring, you may select, “No Sizing Yet, Ship Right Away” and your order will arrive according to the shipping schedule shown above.

Curbside Pickup is also Available – please give us a call to place your order.

 

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Orders Under $1,000 – Free shipping via FedEx (allow 4 business days). You can upgrade to overnight delivery for $20.

Orders Over $1,000 – Ship Free by your choice of FedEx Overnight or US Post Office Express. A signature is required on delivery.

90-Day Returns/Exchanges

Our extended ninety days, for a small business, is almost unheard of. Truth is, we shop for gifts too, and rather than scrambling at the last minute and feeling the tension of time, we like this more relaxed approach. We wish everyone did something like this… it would be a kinder, gentler world.

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