French polar bear figurine by Alexandre Kelety,c.1930.This work measures 10 inches by 7 inches. Stamped Made in France on the bottom, and has a signature underneath as well as 'Kelety' marked on the rim.

Alexandre Kelety
(Wiki)Kélétys date of birth is not known, he was active as an artist from 1918 until his death in 1940, including as a painter and engraver. Kéléty was married to Hélène Grün Kéléty, a daughter of the Russian-French painter Maurice Grün. At the end of the First World War he emigrated to France, where he was a student of the Hungarian painter and engraver Imre Simay in Toulouse . He later studied in Paris. In his work he often depicted animal and children's motifs, but also made busts and chryselephantine statuettes of dancers and mythological figures in the Art Deco style . His preferred materials were often bronze, ivory, marble or ceramic. In the interwar period he exhibited several times at the Paris salons. At the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français in 1927 he showed a terracotta bust and in 1928 and 1930 figures made of bronze and ivory, all of which were made and published by the Éditeur d'art (art publisher) Arthur Goldscheider . At the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels moderne 1925, his work was shown at both Goldscheider's and Edmond Etling 's stands. At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 he showed sculptures by the fine art foundries Etling andLes Neveux de Jules Lehmann had been implemented by hand, as well as animal sculptures made by M. Ollier. Kéléty also incorporated the Art Deco style into everyday objects he designed, such as electric lights, ashtrays and censer.

tiny nick on the rim, see the photos