Lot 8. Southern German, Augsburg, circa 1600. The Rothschild Orpheus Cup, detail. Estimate £600,000-800,000/ €780,000-1,040,000/ $880,000-1,170,000 . Photo Sotheby's LONDON .- From opulent carpets made for the Sun King and Frederick the Great’s armchair...

A Pair of French Empire Silver Urns and Covers, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, Paris, 1809-19 of campana form, applied with butterfly-handled urns flanked by addorsed recumbant maidens with baskets of flowers, the handles formed as twin-tailed classical...