This 10th Century pendant depicts a Thor's Hammer or Mjolnir, but also displays the asymmetric head of a blacksmith's hammer. Unearthed in Norfolk, this piece was originally made in silver with a gold filigree insert.
 
Gilding, or gold plating, was carried out on many jewellery items in the Viking age, using the mercury gilding process. This piece has a 1micron thick layer of gold, plated over pewter, to give an attractive representation of what some of these Viking age pieces may have looked like when they were first made.
 
It is cast in lead free pewter in Scotland, then gold plated, and comes with a length of black cord.
 
Made and handled by Asgard