Thus we see that the tea-table was firmly established as a social institution in Holland by the middle of the seventeenth century, and porcelain was an important factor in interior decoration long before Dutch William drove the Stuarts out of England. A Dutch inventory of the time of the Glorious Revolution (1689) is worth citation for the sake of illustrating the prevailing taste and the price of porcelain of the day: STATEMENT AND INVENTORY OF THE CONTENTS AND THE GOODS OF DIRCK VAN KESSEL AND CHRESTINA DE RIDDER, LEFT WITHOUT OWNER BY THE AFORESAID CHRESTINA DE RIDDER BY HER DEATH ON THE 15TH OF JANUARY OF THIS YEAR 1689 _In the Porcelain Room._ FLORINS. Two porcelain “beguine” pots 150 One porcelain chamber-pot with cover 6 One porcelain box, without cover 6 Three porcelain preserve pots 120 Four large porcelain bowls 30 One high pyramidal shaped water jug 12 Two porcelain fruit dishes 15 A jug with a silver lid 10 A porcelain box with lid 12 One porcelain cover 10 One porcelain pot with handles 4 Two porcelain crackle bowls 10 Four porcelain boxes 10 A little stewing pot 10 Two porcelain teapots 6 One porcelain sexagonal pot 20 Two porcelain printed oil pots 10 One porcelain stewing pan coloured, without cover 18 One porcelain apple pot 30 Two porcelain crackle jars (one broken) 15 Two long porcelain boxes 5 Two porcelain “beguine” pots 30 Four porcelain boxes with covers 15 Four butter dishes 6 Twenty-four porcelain teacups with covers 48 An East India box with a bamboo 10 Thirteen (with inside decoration) 13 Two porcelain bottles with French flowers 60 Five porcelain butter dishes on the back yellow and green 10 Thirteen coloured tea-saucers (one broken) 8