Found a match for my jester door stop but it's black & called a clown - is mine real?

I found this last week while thrifting & it took a few tries but I finally found a match using Google image search - except that one is black?
(19th Century Iron Doorstop - James & Jeffrey Antiques (jamesandjeffrey.com) )
Is mine as old? If it was a copy wouldn't more show up?
Thanks & MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!

 

I reread it & saw it is black painted cast iron - is mine cast iron? Bronze/brass? (how do I tell the difference?
Thank you!

 

A magnet will stick to cast iron.

Keep an eye on this too ...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/312946195163

So far, all three are different.

 

I will thank you!

 

There are quite a few out there of a similar figure. Some seem to have a separate base. One auction cites a book (that I don't have) in case you can find it for reference. Another says it was "Cast iron Chinese Boy doorstop, made by Jones Hollow Ware Company, 9 3/4"

"Cast iron painted doorstop, "Chinese Jester", 9" Ht.. Ref: The Doorstop Book, Smith p. 231."

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/91772818_doorstop


Cast iron Chinese Boy doorstop, made by Jones Hollow Ware Company, 9 3/4"

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/57595608_cast-iron-chinese-boy-doorstop


A few more. (mostly not too expensive)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4045852464...jwxjMgpTEi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=cast iron jester doorstop&sort=-relevance&status=archive

 

Here is a page from the Jones Company in 1927 with what looks like your doorstop.

More photos in the link below as Chinese Boy.



https://www.doorstops.com/foundry.html

JONES HOLLOW WARE COMPANY
Forrest & Eagle Sta.
Baltimore, MD
"Hollow Ware" is the cast iron cookware Jones Hollow Ware Company made from c.1850 to c. 1960. Jones Hollow Ware Co. made Cast Iron Stove Hollow Ware / Andirons / Doorstops, They are listed in Merchants and Manufacturers Association of 1917. One way they sold their Doorstops was advertising in "Hardware Buyers Catalog". This was catalog like today's Thomas Register that lists companies by what they make In the catalog, their products were listed under "Hollow Cast Iron"

https://www.doorstops.com/boys.html

CHINESE BOY
Made By
JONES HOLLOW WARE Company
Mold # 8
Baltimore, MD
HEIGHT = 9 3/4 inches
WIDTH = 7 1/8 inches
VALUE = $200 - $300

Note:
This doorstop is comprised of 2 pieces: the base & the figure


Other examples on the site

 

Hopefully someone will have an answer if yours is something else.

 

A magnet does not stick to mine - copy?