An "extremely rare" set of silver cutlery designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been sold for £175,200.
The cutlery – sold by fine art auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull – went for nearly six times its initial estimate of between £20,000 and £30,000.
Architect and artist Mackintosh is known for designing iconic Glasgow buildings including Glasgow School of Art and the Willow Tearooms, as well as his trademark Mackintosh rose.
The soup spoon, dessert spoon, dinner fork and dessert fork form part of a set commissioned in 1902 by Scottish artist Jessie Newbury and her husband Francis "Fra" Newbery.
The pair were long-term friends of Mackintosh and his artist wife Margaret Macdonald.
Fra Newbury played a crucial role in promoting Mackintosh's work, as he commissioned him to design Glasgow School of Art when he was its director in 1896.
