A SPOON and a fork have fetched more than £20,000 at auction in aid of a planned revamp of the Willow Tearooms in Glasgow.
The silver cutlery set, designed by architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh, was sold for £21,250.
And the proceeds from the sale will benefit the tearooms in Sauchiehall Street which the famous designer also created.
The cutlery set was originally commissioned by Glasgow Girls artist Jessie Newbery and her husband Fra in 1902 as a gift from her parents.
Each set contained a soup spoon, dessert spoon, dinner fork and dessert fork, with knives supplied separately from a stock pattern.
The silver fork and spoon were donated to the Trust by Celia Sinclair, founder and chair of The Willow Tea Rooms Trust.
The tea rooms, which are undergoing a revamp, opened in October 1903, with Mackintosh at work designing it from the beginning of that year, if not earlier.
John Mackie, decorative arts specialist at Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers, said: “We are delighted with the result, particularly as the funds raised are going to such a good cause.
“I greatly admire the work the Trust has undertaken to ensure the legacy of Mackintosh will be here for future generations to enjoy."
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