Description
comprising; A SINGLE SOUP SPOON, with deep almost circular bowl and with incised heel, pierced terminal, 26.5cm (10½in) long; A SINGLE DESSERT SPOON, with deeper bowl and with incised heel, pierced terminal, 26.5cm (10½in) long; A SINGLE DINNER FORK, with four prongs, pierced terminal, 26cm (10 1/4in) long; and A SINGLE DESSERT FORK, with four prongs, pierced terminal, 23cm (9in) long, each with maker’s mark DWH (David W. Hislop), hallmarked Glasgow 1902 (4)
Footnote
Provenance:
Fra H. Newbery
Elsie Newbery and by family descent
Barclay Lennie Fine Art, Glasgow
Literature:
Howarth, Thomas, 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement', New York, 1953, pl. 50
Note:
In 1902 Jessie and Fra Newbery commissioned from Mackintosh a design for a twelve place setting of dining cutlery, each set containing a soup spoon, dessert spoon, dinner fork and dessert fork (knives were supplied separately from a stock pattern). The commission was handled by a jeweller's in Glasgow, Edwards & Company, and the cutlery was made by D W Hislop, a Glasgow silversmith who worked with Mackintosh on other projects. All of the cutlery was later divided equally between the Newberys' daughters, Mary and Elsie; Mary's pieces were sold separately during the 1970s and 1980s.