it is a marked piece, also stating that it is made on “orcas island”. This Deer Design was created by the Klee Wyk Studio of Nisqually Wa in the 1950’s and adapted by Richard Schneider and Bud McBride as Crow Valley Pottery and is of the 1st generation Artists in the style of the Klee Wyk Studio of Nisqually Wa. and not the other folks who later took over and failed as a pottery and closed after Schneider and McBride retired.