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Vintage ALVA Museum Replicas Columbian Stylized Lizard Brooch
The brooch is.
Vintage ALVA Museum Replicas Columbian Stylized Lizard Brooch.
The brooch is signed "Alva Studios" and measures 3 1/4" x 1 1/4".
The brooch has been well-maintained and cared for over the years. It is in excellent vintage condition.
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Authorized, copyrighted reproduction in gold electroplated metal from the original in the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass, by Alva Museum Replicas, New York.
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Alva Studios was founded and operated by Alfred Wolkenberg. Alfred was born in Vienna in 1911 buying 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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