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Standing Bell

The Lucky Teapot

With a soothing tone advised by Enryakuji monastery on Japan’s Mount Hiei, the standing bell is believed to influence the body’s chakras through sound, the ultimate intention of which is a sense of well-being.

The story of how the Melon Pot, one of the earliest creations of Royal Selangor’s founder, Yong Koon, made its way back to his descendants is often retold.

It is a story of fate, passion and grit that has allowed the family to recover a piece of its past. The pot is believed to have saved someone’s life during World War II. The pot is notable for its intricacy: each of the 12 segments that make up the body was individually cut from the pewter sheet and carefully hammered into shape in the old way, then soldered together. The melon pot is now in the company’s archival collection. It has spawned a line of reproduction melon-shaped teapots, tea caddies and other melon-shaped products.

Cast in pewter, the bell includes a pebble-shaped stand and a simple mallet, both in strikingly figured yellow pine.

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