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Drie tonnen | Three barrels

https://blog.ernste.net/2025/09/17/drie-tonnen-three-barrels/

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Foto van bovendeel van gevel met gevelsteen bestaande uit drie tonnen
September 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Kindli Hotel

https://blog.ernste.net/2026/05/10/kindli-hotel/

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Foto van gebeeldhouwde versiering boven deur met kind (Jezus?) en wapenschilden
May 10, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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Witte adelaar | White eagle

https://blog.ernste.net/2026/05/07/witte-adelaar-white-eagle/

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Foto van gevelversiering met witte adelaar en tekst: de Witte Adelaar
May 7, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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Before house numbers, Dutch city buildings had gable stones.

Overlooking Hoorn's main harbour, this 1616 gablestone depicts a long fluyt, which likely originated in the city. Sailing to the Baltic,'Inden Oste[r]varer' ships were unnarmed, favouring pacifist Mennonites.

#GevelsteenSunday
View of harbour in the sunshine under a blue sky. A large wooden stump sits in the water in the foreground. The harbour is lined with trees and boats on the left, with other vessels and traditional Dutch buildings curling around the harbours edge on the right. Traditional four-storey Dutch canal houses with stepped gables. Aside from two black doors, the bottom half is cream-painted wood and glass. The upper half of three floors echo these features in red brick walls. The 1st floor gablestones at the edges, depicting the city arms of Hoorn and Amsterdam and in the centre the 'Inden Ooste[r]varer' gablestone with the ship on water. 'Inden Oste[r]varer' in capital letters runs along the top of the gablestone. A wooden ship with masts, rigging, and four sail two Dutch flags and two pennants billowing in the wind, sits on a blue sea.
June 28, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Before house numbers, Amsterdam buildings had distinct gavelstenen (gable stones) often related to the owner's identity. This 1618 building on Nieuwebrugsteeg was hat merchant Jan Reinarts'. The gavelsteen depicts a scene 'In de Ionghe Hoede Kramer' (In the Young Hood Merchant).

#GavelsteenSunday
Three-storey brick building with windows on each level. The ground floor sees large black shutters and an arched door, above which are tall windows of multiple small square panes. Similar, increasingly smaller windows sit on the other floors, accompanied by dark red shutters. Arches sit above the first floor windows, and there's a multicoloured flag. The gablestone sits between the ground and first floors. Close-up of the gable stone. 'In de Ionghe Hoede Kramer' (In the Young Hood Merchant) depicts three men at a large counter in hats, shirts, jerkins, with two in front of the counter wearing short trousers, white tights and black. Hats sit on shelves around the wall. One man holds a cone, part of hat making. The floor is chequerboard.
May 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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The stone, originally from Techelstraat, is now on an orphan gevelsteen wall on Sint Luciënsteeg. Will revisit this wall on several occasions for gablestone stories in future.
June 21, 2026 at 8:37 AM