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Tea service for two people (tête-à-tête)
Also titled Theeservies voor twee personen (tête-à-tête)
1773-11-12
- Medium
- glaze, gold (metal), email, porcelain
- Classification
- tête-à-tête
- Dimensions
- width 33 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Stichting Hollands Porselein
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Shortly before the Loosdrecht factory was founded, the porcelain painter Louis Gerverot, formerly active in Weesp, made some sample pieces. This allowed factory owner Johannes de Mol to see whether he was suited to run the business. Gerverot misled De Mol, however; instead of making his own service, he bought a piece in Höchst, Germany, and simply painted it.
