Hellenistic Core-Formed Glass Amphoriskos. 2nd-1st century B.C. A core-formed glass amphoriskos with piriform body, cylindrical neck, trumpet-style mouth, applied ribbed handles and bulbous foot, white trails around neck and base, trails to the body tooled into a close-set festoon pattern with upwards strokes. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 91.1.1240 and 17.194.597, for similar; cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, accession number 72.1.99, for similar. 121 grams, 13.5 cm (5 1/4 in.) Collection of Fernand Adda, formed in the 1920s-1930s. The Adda family, originally from Alexandria, formed the majority of their collection in the 1920s-1930s. Abraham Adda (b. circa 1855) had three sons, Victor (b. circa 1885-1965) a collector of coins, Iznik and ancient Egyptian objects; Fernand, a collector of Iznik ceramics, and Joseph. The collection has been situated in Europe since before the Second World War. Collection of Mrs Petra Schamelman, Breitenbach, Germany. Private collection of a Kensington collector. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10908-181105.