Makers & Designers

Strauss & Co’s decorative arts department has handled a worldly list of makers and designers specialising in furniture making, jewellery, silver, glass, porcelain and other artisanal trades.

Strauss & Co’s decorative arts department has handled a worldly list of makers and designers specialising in furniture making, jewellery, silver, glass, porcelain and other artisanal trades. This searchable database lists prominent makers and designers sold by Strauss & Co, including René Lalique, Gio Ponti, Patrick Mavros, as well as coveted houses like The Barnards and Tiffany & Co.



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Fredrik David Waldek

Cape Colony 


Active c.1830-1877

Fredrik David Waldek, born in the Cape, was the son of Johannes Waldek of Immenhausen in Hesse-Kassel and Dorothea Florentina Jensen (or Jansen) of the Cape. He began his career in 1830 as a chronometer and clockmaker at 99 Long Street, later working from various prominent addresses in Cape Town over a span of nearly five decades. From 1834 to 1835, he was based at 4 Hout Street, and then moved to 30 Heerengracht (1836–1840), where he also worked as a jeweller and manufacturer of plate and jewellery. Between 1841 and 1850, he operated from both Herman Cottage, 2 Hof Street, and 31 Heerengracht. He then continued his trade from 7 Adderley Street (1851–1853), 30 Adderley Street at the corner of Wale Street (1854–1855 and again 1857–1862), and 30 St Georges Street in 1856. From 1863 to 1868, he worked at 64 St Georges Street, followed by 4 Wale Street (1869–1871), 42 Long Street (1872), and finally from Garden “Waterhof” (1873–1877). In addition to his extensive career, Waldek had two brothers, Jacobus Petrus and Christiaan Isaac, who were also jewellers; both died in their father’s house in Hout Street in 1837.


7 lots offered      100.00% sold      ZAR 42 625
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
A Cape silver pap boat, Frederick David Waldek, c.1830-1877
9 Jul 2025
Starting at ZAR 9 000
A Cape silver marrow scoop, Fredrik David Waldek, 19th century
14 Mar 2016
Sold for ZAR 7 026
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
A Cape silver Fiddle pattern sauce ladle, Frederik David Waldek, mid 19th century
16 Mar 2015
Sold for ZAR 4 450
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
A Cape silver King's pattern dessert spoon, Fredrik David Waldek, 19th century
17 Mar 2014
Sold for ZAR 4 216
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
A Cape silver Kings pattern fish slice, Fredrick David Waldek, 19th century
26 Sep 2011
Sold for ZAR 8 197
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
A Cape silver Fiddle pattern fish slice, Fredrik David Waldek, mid 19th century
7 Mar 2011
Sold for ZAR 8 783
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
A Cape silver pap boat, Fredrik David Waldek, mid 19th century
7 Mar 2011
Sold for ZAR 7 612
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
A Cape silver Fiddle pattern sauce ladle, Frederik David Waldek, 19th century
7 Mar 2011
Sold for ZAR 2 342
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.