Cup and Saucer Tasse Boquet

The following details are visible on the surface of the Cup and Saucer: on the cup there is a winged female figure with a lyre who sits on a fruit and berry garland while being flanked by two winged lions with eagle heads. Garlands on either side support medallions, which contain the portrait profiles of two bearded male figures. The names "Homere" and "Virgile" are situated above these portraits. The handle is decorated with an acanthus leaf on the outer edge that curves upward to form a circle that terminates in the head of a bearded figure. The saucer is composed of three ringed masks that alternate with three pairs of swans flanking a cornucopia basket of fruit...It is known as a tasse Boquet since it was named after Louis-Honoré Boquet, the modeler of the piece who originally created this shape, which has a very high looped handle that incorporates the mask of a bearded figure. from Weisberg, A Taste for Porcelain: The Virginia A. Marten Collection of Decorative Arts (Notre Dame, 2014)