Lot 2. A fine German silver-gilt drinking cup modelled as a bear, Hans auf der Burg, Nuremberg, circa 1598-1602; 18.5cm, 7 1/4in high, 693gr, 22oz 4dwt. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 GBP . Lot sold: 252,000 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's The male animal...

South German, probably Augsburg, late 16th or early 17th century, Unicorn drinking cup. Photo Sotheby's gilt bronze, on a later red veined marble base; bronze: 13.9 by 13.3cm., 5½ by 5¼in.; base: 8.7 by 15.2cm., 3½ by 6in. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 GBP....

A fine German drinking cup. 17th century formed by a Nautilus shell, the iridescent surface lightly engraved and blackened to depict huntsmen in pursuit of stag and boar, the inside with a stylised cavalry helmet, bottom lacking small section; together...