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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Oltman Ahlers

Cape Colony 

Active: c.1800-1827

Oltman Ahlers was a Cape silversmith, the son of Oltman Alders of Oldenburg and Dorothea of Bengal. He married Maria Magdalena Hauptfleisch, the widow of the silversmith Jan Casper Brevis.

Records show that he worked at several addresses in the Cape Colony over the course of his career: at 3 Loop Street in 1800; 17 Lange Street from 1810 to 1823; 30 Wale Street between 1824 and 1825; 19 Wale Street in 1826; and finally at 16 Wale Street in 1827.

3 lots offered      100.00% sold      ZAR 359 787
 

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A Cape silver pickle fork, Oltman Ahlers, c.1800-1827
25 Mar 2026
Starting at ZAR 1 300
A Cape silver Old English pattern soup ladle, Oltman Ahlers, c.1800-1827
25 Mar 2026
Starting at ZAR 8 000