Help with identifying marks on this jug

Mystery a brown glazed (temoku?) jug.

I'd be very grateful for any thoughts.

Thank you!

One query per thread in future, please.

Handwritten marks like these indicate they could be hobby potters or student pieces.
Professional potters tend to use a stamp for functional pottery such as these jugs, which would be their 'bread and butter' pieces and made in their hundreds if not thousands so they wouldn't have time to hand write a mark on each piece before the clay dried.

Thanks Naomi, that makes sense and will know for the future!

NaomiM wrote:Handwritten marks like these indicate they could be hobby potters or student pieces.
Professional potters tend to use a stamp for functional pottery such as these jugs, which would be their 'bread and butter' pieces and made in their hundreds if not thousands so they wouldn't have time to hand write a mark on each piece before the clay dried.

Quite possibly true in this case. But some extremely prolific potters, especially working in some kind of country tradition, have hand-signed their works. Think of all those thousands of Fishley-Holland pieces, for instance. Or Ewenny.

Very true. Plus the convention in America and Australia and some European countries is for handwritten marks, and some highly skilled hobby potters aren't doing it to make a living so have the time to sign their work, so one shouldn't simply go by the mark.