St Eligius Forging a Chalice, On a profiled rectangular pedestal, the saint sits in his seat behind the anvil. This is placed on a narrow but tall pedestal, which stands on the left corner of the broad. The saint bends forward slightly to the left, while his left foot protrudes briefly over the edge of the pedestal. He holds with his left hand the chalice, the cuppa of which he forges with the hammer, over the anvil. He wears a moustache and is dressed in a long robe, closed at the neck with a large knot and held together at the waist by a band. Over this hangs loosely the tabard with short sleeves and a broad collar, in which there are slits on both sides. The tabard lies over the bent right leg, the foot of which is pushed back and touches the seat, which has the shape of a half hexagon. The seat rests on a closed pedestal, which turns upwards into an openwork banister, formed by five round arches enclosed between two horizontal mouldings; a third moulding runs at low height over the closed part. The high pedestal under the anvil, which has profile edges above and below that of the larger one, has on the front half a rock crystal ball, which is placed in a recessed position against a pink fabric and surrounded by four recessed rosette-shaped planes. The front of the large pedestal shows in relief a scale, flanked by two corresponding deep-set planes, of which the right one still retains the rosette : six almandine stones with a gilded heart., sculptor: anonymous, Northern or Southern Netherlands, c. 1550 - c. 1560, oak (wood), height 36.5 cm × width 16.5 cm × depth 15 cm

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