Weird, Wonderful Gods and Gladiators Vintage Painting on Wood Panel Danish ceramics Some staining along the spine

Some staining along the spine and some brittleness to the paper but other than the loose covers the binding is holding fine

I’ve found a few others in silver and silver-plate

and in very good condition

In any event

Weird, Wonderful Gods and Gladiators Vintage Painting on Wood Panel Danish ceramics Some staining along the spineSuch a curious one! I am not sure if the two figures at right at actually gods or just acting like them, with hands hovering over the action below as if controlling it. (In fact, I think the yellow crests behind them signify the Holy Roman Empire, and most likely this is the Emperor and Empress. And I think the dog at near right is likely inanimate, carved into the arms of the throne on which they sit.) Below their outstretched hands are the tiny