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Post by schellett October 21st 2020, 11:45 am

Hi all,

can anyone read and decipher this printed stamp mark? It's on a small little vase, unglazed. Here is what I've got if it is wrong please advise, thank you!!

?????croft Scotts


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Post by NaomiM October 21st 2020, 12:39 pm

Please post a photo of the whole pot; it can provide clues to it's origin along with the mark

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Post by NaomiM October 21st 2020, 12:42 pm

Might be Govancroft Scotland

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Post by denbydump October 21st 2020, 1:11 pm

I think it says Staffs at the bottom.
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Post by carolalev October 21st 2020, 1:18 pm

I'm seeing ...craft not ...Croft....
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Post by Grumpy Grandad October 21st 2020, 1:45 pm

It looks to be a Germanic script rather than British. The longer word possibly ends '...nafl' or '...naft'.
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Post by NaomiM October 21st 2020, 2:17 pm

This is exactly why we need a photo of the whole pot

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Post by schellett October 22nd 2020, 8:48 pm

sorry, more pictures, hope this helps solve the mystery!

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Post by NaomiM October 22nd 2020, 8:49 pm

Looks German or Dutch to me

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