A 17TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL GILT-METAL MOUNTED AMBER GOBLETwith lobed & fluted decoration and a ribbed, spreading circular foot, probably North German / Baltic,(A/F); 8.75" (22 cms) high*This goblet resided in Victoria Road, Kensington Gardens, London W8 and at the outbreak of WWII in 1939 was removed along with other valuables & chattels to avoid enemy bombing to a new location in Hindhead. Ironically and rather tragically, the storage facility was fire-bombed in 1943, burning nearly all of the deposited items.