Six electroplated Cake Forks, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Miss Cranston's Tearooms, Glasgow, each with trefoil ends, stamped Miss Cranston's, three also stamped B, c.1905; and three Teaspoons of variant trefoil design, each stamped in plain lettering Miss Cranston's, with imitation hallmark, c.1905 (9)

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Six electroplated Cake Forks, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Miss Cranston's Tearooms, Glasgow, each with trefoil ends, stamped Miss Cranston's, three also stamped B, c.1905; and three Teaspoons of variant trefoil design, each stamped in plain lettering Miss Cranston's, with imitation hallmark, c.1905 (9)
Provenance
Edward Arthur Gamble, thence by descent

Lot Essay

Edward Arthur Gamble rented Hous'hill from Miss Cranston in 1921. When he left the house in 1926 he purchased the contents, some of which were passed down by descent

Cf. Judy Rudoe, Decorative Arts, 1850-1950, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London 1991, p.211, pl.66 Thomas Howarth, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement, London 1977, pl.51

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