# Tea service for two people (tête-à-tête)

- By: Höchst
- Date: 1773-11-12
- Medium: glaze, gold (metal), email, porcelain
- Classification: tête-à-tête
- Dimensions: width 33 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Stichting Hollands Porselein
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-2007-8--7d14d75f27152ad7ccb12e2e1f9fe027)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/vVmIU/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.