Lot 460

CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928)
GROUP OF SPOONS FOR MISS CRANSTON'S TEAROOMS, GLASGOW, CIRCA 1920














Auction: Day Two inc FL Griggs : A Cotswold Legacy | Lots 334 to 654 | Thursday 16th October from 10am
Description
silver plate, comprising a DESSERT SPOON WITH TRIFID END, CIRCA 1905, later engraved C.D., stamped to revers MISS CRANSTON'S, 18.3cm; together with a PAIR OF SUNDAE SPOONS, 15.5cm long; a PAIR OF TEASPOONS, 13cm long; a PAIR OF PRESERVE SPOONS, 15.2cm long, each with stamped marks for Cooper Brothers, Sheffield; together with an associated PAIR OF SAUCE LADLES, silver, stamped for Adie Brothers Ltd., hallmarked Birmingham 1934, 14.2cm long (8)
Footnote
Literature: Rudoe J. Decorative Arts 1850-1950, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, page 211, plate 66 for illustration of a matching dessert spoon.
The pairs of spoons are not stamped ‘Miss Cranston’s' and may have been commissioned by Miss Cranston as replacement spoons for her tearooms.













