Large Reclining Man with cigar, hat, waistcoat - interested to find the potters mark if any help Ps?

[booksbygones]

Fat man lying down. 21 x 10 cm - I don't know the signature marked no.7763

21 x 10 cm 310 gms

[orphie1402]

It could be a reproduction of this Bloch piece:

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/b-bloch-figural-money-box-of-sleeping-man-c-1890-17-c-b844ed4...

[melda58]

Or one and the same as the one in the link with 10 years of wear since that auction.

Rita

[booksbygones]

I haven't got any information

Plus I cannot open the link.

I tried signing up for an account but can't do that either.

HELP?

[booksbygones]

I managed to find the page and it's opened.

It is the exact same as mine, but no slot for the money.

Could this be a template for the money box I'm wondering.

[booksbygones]

That's it exactly, with the exception of the slot for the money.

Could this perhaps have preceded the money box?

The BB stamp isn't there, but a squiggly signature.

[cambriachick]

I think it's a reproduction.  I don't think the Bloch one has a cigarette.