Victorian Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Hexagonal Tea Canister Witches Pattern 6299

A rare Royal Crown Derby bone china porcelain tea canister of hexagonal form with moulded decoration to the body and cover. A raised beaded border to the edge below the shoulders, that themselves have a moulded grapevine. Running just below the beaded band, above the foot, and around the upper edge of the cover are raised gilded scrolls. Decorated in an imari style in pattern 6299, known as the Witches pattern, with alternating panels of flowering vines reserved against a mazarine blue ground, over-gilt with scrolls, and a stylised vignette of exotic flowering plants in red and green enamel. All embellished with opulent gilding. The cover has a miniature version of these patterns radiating from the centre. Both pieces with the factory mark and date cypher for 1900 along with the pattern number painted in red.