A mark, stamp, or impression made on the back of an object, especially in ceramics and pottery to indicate maker, origin, or date.
Back + stamp; 'stamp' from Middle Dutch 'stampen.' This term is primarily used by collectors and museums to identify pottery and ceramic origins.
Ceramic collectors obsess over backstamps because they're like forensic evidence—a tiny impressed mark reveals who made it, when, and where, turning a mysterious old plate into a historical document!
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