A rare early George II West Country silver miniature or
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.
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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.
