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Auction archive: Lot number 17

A rare early George II West Country silver miniature or toy bullet shaped tea pot …

Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$698 - US$977
Price realised:
£950
ca. US$1,327
Auction archive: Lot number 17

A rare early George II West Country silver miniature or toy bullet shaped tea pot …

Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$698 - US$977
Price realised:
£950
ca. US$1,327
Beschreibung:

A rare early George II West Country silver miniature or toy bullet shaped tea pot by Micou Melun of Falmouth (partial maker's mark only), circa 1730, with a ovoid knop finial to the lift-off cover with threaded decoration, a broken wooden handle, on a threaded collet foot, 12cm (4 3/4in) long, 73g (2.35 oz) gross See Lawrence's, Crewkerne sale 14th July 2015, for another example by Melun (£880 hammer). See also Harrison, Miles Exeter & West Country Silver 1700-1900, p. 159, fig. 2 and p. 287, no. 214 for this maker's mark. Condition report disclaimer

Auction archive: Lot number 17
Auction:
Datum:
14 Mar 2018
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A rare early George II West Country silver miniature or toy bullet shaped tea pot by Micou Melun of Falmouth (partial maker's mark only), circa 1730, with a ovoid knop finial to the lift-off cover with threaded decoration, a broken wooden handle, on a threaded collet foot, 12cm (4 3/4in) long, 73g (2.35 oz) gross See Lawrence's, Crewkerne sale 14th July 2015, for another example by Melun (£880 hammer). See also Harrison, Miles Exeter & West Country Silver 1700-1900, p. 159, fig. 2 and p. 287, no. 214 for this maker's mark. Condition report disclaimer

Auction archive: Lot number 17
Auction:
Datum:
14 Mar 2018
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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