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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 57037, member: 51&quot;]Just back, thanks so much for the responses. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since I have the piece in the hand, a few observations. I don&#039;t believe that it is a scuff, totally smooth to the touch.&nbsp; And it seems to be over the glaze.&nbsp; I just took a 60x loupe, possibly some kind of ink or paint the way it has kind of a bleeding look at the edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>Helpful to know that Royal Worcester was very strict, so we can assume this happened after production.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is so much written on the bottom of this piece aside from the stamp, &quot;EC&quot; (I assume that is the decorator&#039;s initials) &quot;3&quot;&nbsp; &quot;1m&quot;&nbsp; then what looks like &quot;28&quot; or &quot;2B&quot; in black. Also on the base, a red smudge of paint, a black smudge.</p><p><br /></p><p>If Worcester was so fussy (not doubting that, I&#039;ve sold figurines, etc. they were always immaculate) could this have been a practice or sample piece? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]14593[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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