The cakes or "besanten" (=medals) depict Byzantine coins, indicating that one was a pilgrim in the Holy Land.
The origin of the stone is probably the tower of Hoen, which stood behind Hoenderstraat 3 and contained arms of several Maastricht magistrate families. The gable stone was reinstated here in 1965 through the museum.
The Creusen family was an old and prestigious governmental family in the city of Maastricht. Besides some magistrates, Andreas Creusen, who was appointed bishop of Roermond in 1651 and even became archbishop of Mechelen in 1657, also descended from this family. The coat of arms of this family also appears on one of the bronze baluster columns of the gallery of the City Hall.
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