Watercolour painting of a white turnip with leaves. Turnip remarkable for its size, from the land of Mr Thomas de Schietere de Lophem, Lophem, in 1804, it weighs approximately 5 1/2 pounds weight Bruges. Thomas-Louis de Schietere de Lophem (1769-1824) was the last lord of Lophem, he was appointed Mayor of Loppem 1809-1815. The historic spelling for the town of Loppem, is Lophem.