Two dessert forks

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 - 1928)

National Museum of Scotland

1902 - 1902

The cutlery service commissioned for the Newberys is a wonderful example of Mackintosh's radical departure from conventional flatware design of the day, its elongated form and simple pierced motif showing how he had reduced art nouveau decoration to a basic simplicity. These are the first examples of Mackintosh's cutlery to be acquired by the National Museums of Scotland.

• Medium: silver
• Dimensions: 20 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2500 ( Total: £15,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1996
• Vendor: Barclay Lennie Fine Art

Provenance

Direct descent from Mr and Mrs Newberry to vendor who was their great grand-son.

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