Rare Edwardian Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Heart Shaped Jewellery Box Patt. 5589 1905

A stunning and rare Royal Crown Derby Edwardian fine bone china porcelain heart shaped trinket / jewellery box and cover. Curved, fluted walls with gadrooned moulding to the foot and cover edge. Covered in a rich underglaze mazarine blue ground, very finely hand gilded with delicate, scattered dandelion clocks. The cover has a shaped reserve, framed with gilt scrolls, and painted with pink roses, forget-me-nots, and buttercups. The gadrooned rims are carefully picked out with gilding and the box is finished with gilt rims. Factory marks to the base and underside of the cover with date cypher for 1905. Also painted with the model number 1010 and pattern number 5589.