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I ' 7 consort of King Waldemar the second , who ascended the Danish throne in 1202; the shirt of mail of King Wal- demar the third, is beautiful, and a superb sword on which is engraven a complete calendar. and his Royal Consort who was a Princess of Mccklcn- bu rg ; these two busts arc in bronze, and were purchased during his present Majesty’s stay at the congress of Vienna in 1814; the scriptural pieces in Ivory are beau­ tiful; and the landscapes in the same, by the reflection of the light represent the finest transparencies. 9 Frederick the fourth surrounded by Allegorical devices; in this apartment is a representation in Ivory of the Oldenburg fam ily; Venus in A muscle-shell with the description of love on the edge. A most superb altar of Ebony which was formerly in the palace ofllusum , and brought from thence in 1751; it is eight feet h igh , and five feet in breadth, and so richly ornamented with embossed figures, that the silver alone weighs sixty six pounds; these figures represent the Bufferings of Christ; this beautiful piece of workmanship • ' 8

th room here is a superb bust of Frederick the 2nd