(Note: This was first published 6-4-15)
When looking at Maud, it's not immediately evident what her cutie mark is due to her dress covering it up. To begin our analysis of the situation, let me start by explaining for those unaware -- a cutie mark, as Cheerilee says in the episode "Call of the Cutie", "appears on a pony's flank when he or she finds that certain something that makes them different from every other pony." From this, we'd guess Maud would probably have some sort of rock.
When looking at Maud, it's not immediately evident what her cutie mark is due to her dress covering it up. To begin our analysis of the situation, let me start by explaining for those unaware -- a cutie mark, as Cheerilee says in the episode "Call of the Cutie", "appears on a pony's flank when he or she finds that certain something that makes them different from every other pony." From this, we'd guess Maud would probably have some sort of rock.
After getting the My Little Pony Collectible Card Game "Rock N Rave 2-Player Starter Set", I was examining the Maud Pie Mane Character card and noticed a silhouette of a five-sided diamond shape behind the text. That spot is usually reserved for a depiction of the pony's cutie mark, I thought, and theorized that the diamond shape might be hers. Well, sure enough, some viewers of the "Maud Pie" episode noticed that just for a split second or two, you actually are able to see her cutie mark as she traverses the "Pinkie-Rainbow-Rari-Twi-Apple-Flutter-Maud Fun Time" obstacle course, and it is indeed a diamond shaped rock. The size in the episode was too small to really make it out, and the only enlargements I've seen online seem likely to be tampered with, so it was unclear if the rock is rough or well-cut.
Then came along the My Little Pony Series 3 Trading Cards Character card #14 "Maud Pie", which on the back shows a clear picture of her cutie mark as being of a well-cut rock... but it additionally shows a mislabeled rock, so I guess it's not the most trustworthy source.
Lastly, there's the upcoming Hasbro figure, which shows her cutie mark to be the same as the card does, though the only pictures to surface so far may be just of a prototype.
As a concluding answer to the question of Maud Pie's cutie mark, I'd say it's fairly safe to assume that it's of a well-cut gray rock. The four sources seem to point toward it, and, after all, rocks certainly are a part of what makes her "different from every other pony", aren't they?
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