Ferdinand Preiss (1882 - 1943) cold painted bronze and ivory, a pair, Sonny Boy and Hoop Girl, the girl modelled looking to her left with one arm behind her back, the other holding a hoop, the boy looking right with both hands in his pockets and a book under one arm, on green onyx bases, stamped `PK` to bronze to lower right hand side, 21cm high Other examples of these models are illustrated, Alberto Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss, Art Deco Sculptor, The fire and the flame, Woodbridge, 2005, 130;Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, Woodbridge, 2000, pp.257, 267;Victor Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, Shen Zhen, 1984, p. 105 (Hoop Girl).