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Dirk Van Erp |
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Dirk Van Erp was born in 1860 and died in 1933. He opened his own studio in 1908 in Oakland, California. He moved his studio to San Francisco in 1909 and the studio remained under the direction of his son until 1977. Van Erp made hammered copper accessories, including vases, desk sets, bookends, candlesticks, jardinieres, and trays, but he is best known for his lamps. The hammered copper lamps often had shades with mica panels. Before he started his own studio, Van Erp gave his famous lamps to friends as gifts. He used shell casings brought home from his job at a naval shipyard to make his early copper pieces. |
| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced |  | Dirk Van Erp | Bookends | Copper,Pierced,Stylized Poppies,5 x 6 In. Illustrated | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Boudoir, Copper, Hammered, 4-Panel Mica Shade, Patina, Marked, 11 x 12 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Copper, Hammered, 2-Light, Mica Shade, Windmill Stamp, 20 1/2 x 16 3/4 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Copper, Hammered, Bean Pot, 3-Light, Mica Shade, Windmill Stamp, 20 x 20 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Copper, Hammered, Bean Pot, 4-Panel Mica Shade, Flowers, Windmill, 12 x 11 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Copper, Hammered, Mica Shade, Panel, Pull Chain, Windmill Stamp, 15 x 11 1/4 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Copper, Hammered, Pierced, Mica Shade, Windmill Stamp, 64 x 24 1/4 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Copper, Hammered, Trumpet, 3-Light, Mica Shade, Windmill, 22 x 19 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Porringer | Sterling Silver, Hammered, 2 Handles, Cutout Design, Marked, 7 3/4 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Flared Shape, Signed, 6 x 7 1/2 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Fluted, 13 1/4 x 8 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Red Patina, Urn Shape, 11 3/4 x 7 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Shouldered, Red Warty, 5 3/4 x 5 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Shouldered, Red Warty, 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Tapered, Patina, 8 x 4 1/2 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hand Wrought, Warty, Stamped, c.1911-14, 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 In. | 2011 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Ashtray Stand | Copper, Hammered, Riveted Bands, 30 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Basket | Copper, Hammered, Canoe Form, Cutout & Riveted Handle, Patina, 8 x 11 In. | 2010 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Bowl | Copper, Hammered, Scalloped Lip, Bronze Foot, Patina, Marked, 2 1/2 x 7 In. | 2010 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Box | Copper, Wood, Strapwork Hinges, Pierced Plate, Brown Patina, 3 x 9 7/8 In. | 2010 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Desk Stand | Copper, Hammered, 2 Inkwell Liners, 2 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 7 In. | 2010 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Copper, Hammered, 3-Panel Mica Shade, Bean Pot Form, Patina, Marked, 10 x 11 In. | 2010 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Copper, Hammered, 4-Panel Mica Shade, 13 x 11 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Copper, Hammered, 4-Panel Mica Shade, 2-Light, Impressed, 16 x 16 In. | 2010 | | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Copper, Hammered, 4-Panel Mica Shade, Flared, 4-Light, Patina, 21 x 19 In. | 2010 |
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