It looks like an employee embossed ND on this piece . It's in a little shop we stopped at last weekend. Priced at $10 it's still there.

After some info from icon I searched Clint Gaylords site and confirmed that it is a NP National Porcelain piece made in Alberta, Canada.

http://www.perceval2000.com/Foriegn/NATIONALpage1.html