Featured Do you recognize this Austrian ceramic porcelain mark?

I do not know if this is porcelain or ceramic but I guess by saying ceramic, I have covered the bases. I cannot find it online. It is hand painted in Austria. The engraved marks on the bottom say 17. It measures 4 inches tall by 6 1/4 inches in diameter at the top rim. I bought at a thrift store. Thank you.

 

It's 'Handpeited'

 

Nice tazza, and I love that 'handpeited'.

 

Handpeited... what language got mangled in the attempt to write that in English? It doesn't look like it was in German.

 

I do not speak another language so just assumed it was German. Funny.

 

There are many 'handpeited' items in Latin America...
A small selection:

And one in Norway

 

Well, I can see how it started. Just like when someone finds a listing like an item they are trying to figure out what it is so they can sell it; and they copy the description without further checking, and off it goes wrong. I wonder how many listings later someone maybe discovers it was wrong.

 

If nobody looks, it can end up in the lexicon as a real word.