It is clearly visible that the alteration to the lower facade has had an effect on the caption. This is not something of the recent past, as it is even completely covered in the archive photo from 1912.
When choosing a house name, people often stayed close to home and preferred everyday things, plants and animals. In many streets, you would come across a horse on a gablestone. And it did not matter whether it was a horse, a peert, a peerdt or a cheval.
There was another PEERDT of 1779, for instance, at Koestraat 2, but was later moved to a location outside the city at Susserweg 104 (see photo below).
In the archive photo, a shield made of tinned sheet iron has been nailed above the gablestone at 10 Muntstraat. This was a fire plate, indicating that the building was insured in case of fire. Each insurance company had its own plate with a different image.
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