Bacchus

The accompanying attributes leave nothing to be desired in terms of clarity: a beaker and a jug in the hand, and sitting on a wine barrel. This must represent the god Bacchus.
The god Bacchus was regarded as the embodiment of love, the lust for life and drunkenness. He appealed strongly to people's imagination, and festivals were celebrated in his honour, which, like today's wine and harvest festivals, have their origins in the mysterious eternal fertility of nature.
Bacchus figures were, of course, a classic motif for inns and were eagerly used as a guarantee of fun and drunkenness, which did not have such a negative ring to it in the time leading up to the 19th century. A pub name such as "drronkemanshuysje" was widely known and apparently not considered offensive.
The performance of Bacchus was often accompanied by a verse beginning with: Here I sit on the barrel and pour the noble water.

Since 1956 the upper floor of this building has been owned by the Masonic Lodge La Persévérance No. 11, which was founded on 1 March 1763 in the then renowned inn "In de golden Wind mill" located at Grote Staat. That Gable stone is now on the side of the Havenstraat 3 premises.

The Lodge has held its meetings here since 1956.