Featured Two Broken Beauties,Mr. Van Erp & The Silver Lady

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by bosko69, Jun 8, 2022.

  1. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Here's a couple oldies I picked years ago,even thought they were busted-I couldn't resist them.The first is the Art Nouveau Vase (broken arm,bout a foot tall,sterling over sterling). The only mark I've found on her is on the base,simply says-'STERLING'. The second find is a Dirk Van Erp Vase (Amphora -like the 2 handled Greek jobbies- but it's missing it's handle). They were both about $10 apiece. The Dealer called the Lady Vase 'Art Navoo',and the guy at the 2ND Hand Store (we called em Junk Stores back in the day) called the maker 'Van Erpenstein'. Broken relics but too beautiful to ever let go- never did. VnErp1.jpg VnErp2.jpg VnErp3.jpg SlverLady1.jpg SlverLady2.jpg
     
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  2. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    dear Admistrator- posted double pics,sorry abt that.
     
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Beautiful, even if broken.
    You can still go back to 'edit' and delete them.
    Of course.:D
    I love Art Navoo, and wouldn't mind a good Van Erpenstein either.:joyful:
     
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    Deleted duplicates
     
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  5. Fern77

    Fern77 Well-Known Member

    Seen from the angle of the first pic, the damaged Van Erplooks pretty good as is, but I think a well made replacement handle wouldn't be a total no-no. Venus de Navoo very nice too.
     
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  6. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    Art Navoo.....pretty lady!
    Me like!!!
     
  7. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    I just emailed Rago Gallery to see if the Van Erp's worth restoring-we'll see. It's abt 7 1/2" total height.Had it since I was a kid,back when $2.50 an hour was a decent wage.Our first house was $270 month rent (this was 50 minutes north of San Francisco !) /power bill was $10 month,Gasoline-well,let's not even talk about That !!!
     
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  8. Silverthorne

    Silverthorne Well-Known Member

    Weird names are coming at me in droves today! Love Van Erpenstein!
     
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  9. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Thanks Admin for deleting repeat Pics.
     
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    (Don't tell anyone, but I think the name of the Navoo beauty is Sawankhalok Van Erpenstein.:shifty:)
     
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  11. Silverthorne

    Silverthorne Well-Known Member

  12. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Professor Erpenstein Von Duck !
     
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  13. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    My great-grandmother was a member of the van Erp family. It was an old and large family, and the branches were called after various castles. One branch of the family was called van Erp van Frisselstein, which is what Van Erpenstein reminded me of.:D
     
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  14. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    Does anyone remember Great Grandpa Dirk ?
     
  15. Fern77

    Fern77 Well-Known Member

    ;) I think his real name was Svald
     
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  16. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Ah yes, the long lost branch of Dirk van Erp, who became Dirk Van Erp in the US.:playful:
     
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