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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Johannes Combrink (1781)

Cape Colony 

Lived: 1781-1853

The son of Jan (Johannes) Combrink (1751) and Johanna Elizabeth Essler, baptized at the Cape on 3 June 1781. Married Aurelia Wilhelmina Lotter on 1807. Died November 1853. He was the father of Johannes Combrink (1810) and the grandfather of Johannes Combrink (c.1850s).

He was listed at the following locations in the Cape:

1814-25: 29 Dorp Street (silversmith)

1826-29: 28 Dorp Street (silversmith)

1842-1853: 50 Dorp Street (silversmith)

From 1814-29 his name is listed as Kombrink.

We have not offered any works by Johannes Combrink (1781) at auction

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