Bronze man figure, seen him before

This bronze figure stands from base about 8" tall. I scraped the bottom side to see exactly what it was made of, magnet don't stick but very hard material. I scraped with sharp pointy file, scrapes but very hard, looks a little silver and white.
Having a hard time with signature, any ideas ?
Sorry for the bad photos, my $800 Canon broke last week and now I have this cheap thing that won't focus on closeups.

Thank You

 

He has a Dickensian look. Does the signature extend into the dark area to the right or stop where the gold color stops? Are there parts of any letters that are not showing up in the pix?

 

My 2 ideas of what the name might be yielded a Mughal era Indian calligrapher & a modern Israeli singer. Will let others look without being biased by my dead end ideas.

 

It's hard to see with magnifier, almost looks like there might be 3 or letters after the gold part.

Okay, Thank You

 

I think the period is somewhere between those two, but a different continent.
Looks like it says Daumier, it could be a bronze after a sketch by Daumier.



Billy, if the camera doesn't focus on the closeups, it could help if you crop a bigger shot.

 

Or it could be Daumier himself, made by......:

 

Sorry to keep posting, but I've found him, he is after Daumier, as I first thought. Made ca 1969:
http://www.thebenjamangallery.com/oa0142.html
It says price range: $500-$1,000

More:
http://www.icollector.com/Honore-Daumier-The-Scoffer-Bronze-Sculpture_i8506191

http://rogallery.com/Daumier_honore/daumier-scoffer_sculpture.html

Worthpoint, sold on ebay, someone may be able to find the price:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/scoffer-honore-daumier-cast-bronze-1749774293

 

It's spelter, not bronze if it scrapes silver white.

 

Can't see any silver white, maybe it's too early for me.

Oh, I see, Billy mentioned it. Definitely too early for me then

 

Okay good idea, I will try that, Thank You

 

spelter, okay Thanks..

 

Nice find Any Jewelry , Thanks so much for all this info. Have a wonderful Holiday.

 

Pleasure Billy, and have a wonderful holiday too.

 

Good to see you back Billy !! .. .. Joy.

 

Thanks Joy. My darn phone doesn't give me notifications anymore when I get a reply on this forum. Sometimes I get a voicemail notification from 3-5 days ago and phone never rang with number shown. I've been busy trying to stay afloat.