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

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.1860s). His hallmarks were also used by his son and grandson, making it hard to definitively date items with his hallmark.

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.

Johannes Combrink (1810)

Lived: 1810-1873

Johannes Combrink was a Cape born silversmith, baptized in 1810. He was married to Johanna Petronella Karstell and died 14 September of 1873.

He has been listed at the following locations in the Cape:

1852: Plein Street (silversmith)

1853: Harrington Street (silversmith)

1854: Hanover Street (silversmith)

1855-57: 54 Hanover Street (silversmith and tallow chandler)

1858-64: 16 Hanover Street (silversmith and jeweller)

1865-67: 146 Caledon Street (silversmith)

1868: 146 Caledon Street (jeweller)

1869-71: 5A Market Square Residence, 146 Caledon Street (jeweller)

1872: 5A Market Square Residence, 25 St John Street (jeweller)

Johannes Combrink

Active: 1868-1871

The son of Johannes Combrink and Johanna Aurelia Karstell.

Listed in 1868-1871 at 146 Caledon Street, the same address as his father.

We have not offered any works by Johannes Combrink at auction

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