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A most singular ball of Ivory in which is con­ tained 17 others all differently carved; the representation of a hill with a hunting party; it moves by mechanism; a Gothic tower of Ivory and Amber, in every story of which are small figures which move by mechanism; the representation of insects in steel arc wonderful; two chess boards thirteen inches square inlaid with i . ' ‘ amber; some of the chess men arc busts of celebrated characters by L. Spenglcr. A small gold watch only */4 of an inch in diameter; one of the most beautiful things in this collection is the representation of a line of battle ship in miniature » formed of Amber and made by Commodore Didcrick do Thura in his youth, it is the model of the Anna Sophia in the reign of Frederick the fourth in 1723. A frigate with Bails nnd rigging of Ivory; the can­ nons and anchors' arc of silver, and made by Jens Nor­ man in 1054. The Model of a ship of the line of seventy guns in mother of pearl and tortoise-shell, by Niels Nielson, he was born in the year 109.G & died controller of the customs at Aalborg in Jutland. A Model of a line of battle ship of one hundred and sixteen guns in bone, made by Danish prisoners of war during their captivity in England. A Sea piece descriptive of a storm, it is finely exe­ cuted and made of white paper by Captain Stewart.