Bertrand Philip, Count of Gronsveld

In 1750 or 1751, Bertrand married Amöne Sophie Friederike zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg.

From 1749, he was a member of the Ridderschap of Holland, drost of Muiden and president of the Admiralty of Amsterdam.

The Count of Gronsveld fell in 1758 at the instigation of Willem Bentinck van Rhoon.

Bertrand Philip then started the first porcelain factory in the Netherlands in the town of Weesp in 1759.

However, the enterprise went bankrupt and its goods and clays were temporarily stored in the Muiderslot and then sold to the minister Joannes de Mol.

Parts of a service from the porcelain factory of Weesp , c. 1764-1768. Rijks Museum .