Margaret Macdonald (MacDonald), a pair of reliefs: “Day” and “Night”, 1899.

The reliefs were part of a smoker’s cabinet by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
The cabinet with the two reliefs was displayed at the Eighth Exhibition of the Vienna Secession, in the “Scottish Room”, in 1900.
silver plated metal; relief decoration, partly with hammered decor; “Day” relief marked lower right Margaret MacDonald, “Night” relief marked lower right Margaret MacDonald 1899; the upper section slightly trimmed, traces of age, usage and colour; the reliefs were nailed onto black wooden strips at a later date.
Measurements:
“Day” relief: 58.6 x 10.6 cm;
“Night” relief: 58.4 x 10.7 cm. (MP)