A rare Ceramique Rambervillers model of a kangaroo, in green/blue iridescent glaze, impressed marks, early 20th century, height 26 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon Collection, privately acquired from the above in 2005. Other Notes: in 1903 Alphonse Cytere (1861-1941) set up an Art studio in Rambervillers near Strasbourg, which produced ceramics often designed by prestigious artists of the Ecole de Nancy such as Bussiere, Gruber, Jeandelle, Majorelle. Rambervillers specialised in unusual and iridescent glazes on organic forms.