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Message:: [QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 4401436, member: 56"]I recognize the mark as Japanese.  Is it over-glaze?  Over-glaze marks can be washed off - accidentally or otherwise.  Without the mark, it's close enough to other makers to leave room for doubt.  Without the mark I can see how it could easily be misidentified. So are the similarities just coincidental?  There's cause to wonder.  Carlton Ware marked some of their pieces "Registered Australian Design"The 'Registered Australian Design' conundrum - Dealers and collectors often puzzle about this particular [Carlton Ware] backstamp. It was in use from c1935 to c1961. The facts.... By the mid 1930's, the Japanese had become very proficient in copying good quality wares and Carlton Ware was an obvious target for them. Their prices for the imitations were considerably lower than the genuine originals. Cuthbert Wiltshaw discovered a clause in the 'South East Asia Treaty Organisation' which concerned Australia and Japan, to the effect that designs registered in Australia could not be copied by the Japanese. He took advantage of this situation and registered a large number of designs with the Australians. Hence the unusual backstamps. – added info March 30/08[/QUOTE]