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An Ivory Mug finely turned by the Emperor Ilu- 4 ' dolpli the second; the lid is ornamented with a well executed Gothic tower of Ivory and Amber; there is also another formed by the Arch-Duke Leopold in 1018. On the lid of another Mug which is of a cylindri­ cal form is the portrait of Tycho Brahe, and underneath is that of his Wife. An Ivory box with an excellent likeness of Peter the great, turned by himself and presented by him to Frederick the fourth of Denmark; in this box is a compass. A Set of Cliess-mcn in Ivory representing King Fre­ derick the fifth’s court and guard. Saint George and the Dragon in coral. A cup from the horn of a Rhinoceros, turned by the Emperor Rudolph the second. A peruke of spun glass. Charons boat with passengers , and the figure of An­ dromeda cliaiped to a rock, both superbly executed, and formed of Coral. • Vlth room. Here is deposited a superb Mosaic table in a silver gilt frame, it was purchased by Frederick the fourth during his stay at Florence, and cost 20,000 Da­ nish Dollars nearly 4,000 Pounds Sterling. A small cabinet of Ebony, the interior of which is magnificently decorated with Mosaic, and which was % ' \' '

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