Alva Museum Replicas Silver Etruscan Revival Gremlin / Pixie Charm Pendant.

The pendant measures 7/8" x 3/4"

It has been well-maintained and cared for over the years and is in excellent vintage condition.


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- So Called Gremlin Ornaments -

Reproduced from units of a silver necklace, from the Island of Corsica where the original was handed down from generation to generation in a native family. The fanciful figures are said to represent pixie - like spirits endowed with supernatural powers.

Authentic, copyrighted replicas in silver plated metal from the original at the Thayer Collection, Boston, Mass, by Alva Museum Replicas, Inc., New York.

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Alva Studios, operated by Alfred Wolkenberg. Alfred was born in Vienna in 1911 and immigrated to the US in 1939. In 1948 he founded Alva Studios of Long Island City, NY. He had many artists and designers who were commissioned to produce reproductions of priceless ancient jewelry and sculpture. The pieces were marked Alva Museum Replicas and sold at famous museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art ( MMA ), Smithsonian Institute ( SI ), The Louvre, The Art Institute of Chicago, etc...

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