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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.
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| Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Hammered Copper, Patina, 3 1/4 In. | 2006 | | Dirk Van Erp | Basket | Flower, Copper, Hammered, 8 x 11 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Bookends | Copper, Hammered, Cutout Stylized Tulip, 4 1/2 x 6 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Bookends | Copper, Hammered, Overlay Oak Trees & Hills, 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Bookends | Copper, Hammered, Shield Form, Pine Needle, Medium Patina, 6 x 5 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Bowl | Copper, Hammered, Darcy Gaw, 2 3/4 x 12 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Bowl | Copper, Hammered, Medium Patina, Stamped, 9 1/2 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Bowl | Copper, Hammered, Open Box Mark, 2 1/8 x 4 1/2 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Bowl | Copper, Hammered, Organic Shape, Signed Harry Dixon, 12 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Bowl | Flared, Copper, 3 1/2 x 18 1/2 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Box | Copper, Hammered, Hinged Lid, Monogram, Original Patina, 3 1/2 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Coal Bucket | Copper, Hammered, Riveted Brass Bands, Dark Patina, 17 x 10 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Crumber Set | Copper, Hammered, 9 In., 2 Piece | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Lamp | Hammered Copper, Bulbous Base, 4-panel Mica, Copper Shade, 11 x 11 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Letter Opener | Copper, Hammered, Open Box Mark, 11 1/2 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Pot | Copper, Hammered | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, 2 7/8 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Bulbous, Medium Patina, 3 x 4 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Medium Patina, Shouldered, Wide Mouth, 8 1/2 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Open Box Mark, 5 1/2 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Round, Impressed Open Box Mark, 4 1/2 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Signed, 2 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Signed, Closed Box Mark, Darcy Gaw, 4 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Spherical, Original Patina, 5 1/4 x 7 In. | 2005 | | Dirk Van Erp | Vase | Copper, Hammered, Tapered, Closed Rim, Dark Patina, 8 x 5 1/2 In. | 2005 |
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