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<p>[QUOTE="msgood2shoe, post: 1640065, member: 69"]The way the name is scribed into the piece makes me think it is a craft project. Also the all over glaze is an often seen attributed of craft pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years, places would sell molded pieces such as this for customers to finish, often in "classes". The shop would fire the pieces for the customers, and the customer would scribe their name into the piece so it could be distinguished from all the other pieces the shop fired for customers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="msgood2shoe, post: 1640065, member: 69"]The way the name is scribed into the piece makes me think it is a craft project. Also the all over glaze is an often seen attributed of craft pieces. Over the years, places would sell molded pieces such as this for customers to finish, often in "classes". The shop would fire the pieces for the customers, and the customer would scribe their name into the piece so it could be distinguished from all the other pieces the shop fired for customers.[/QUOTE]
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