Guus Röell must have been surprised when he received a facade stone from family and friends for his 60th birthday in 2005.
The representation on the stone does need some explanation, because there is a lot to see on it. Every image element has been thought through and each has a meaning. The central figure of the bear comes from the coat of arms of the Röell family. Like a kind of Justitia, he holds a pair of scales, which, with the bird depicted above, refers to jonkheer Mr. dr. August Roell. He is a lawyer and has written a dissertation on the jackdaw as a biologist.
The tree depicts a family tree and the small branch is for the Röell-Kardaun couple's son.
In the background there is the river Maas with the St. Servaas bridge and the 'Hoegbrögk' (=high bridge), which not only sets the location but also the date (after the construction of the latter bridge). The stone is placed in such a way that the sun rises on the same side as the sun on the stone, and is a reference to the antiques from the East and former colonies, the products of which can be found in the Art and Antiques Shop.
One can truly speak of a 'narrative gable stone'.
Sculptor Tycho Flore cut the image from a 174 cm wide stone of Calcaire de Vinalmont
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