Zebra Striped Pot

Not something I have ever come across before, quite thick and heavy for it's size.  Any ideas as to origin please

Any mark on the bottom?

nope, nothing unfortunately :(

I suppose it is likely to be by a hobby potter.

We really need a photo of the base, regardless of whether it's marked of not.

here is piccy of base

For me the base confirms my thoughts.

I'm wondering if it's foreign - South African, maybe.

studio-pots wrote:I suppose it is likely to be by a hobby potter.

am curious as I am still learning about pottery but how can you tell from an unmarked base whether it is a studio piece or hobby?

cookiepops wrote:

studio-pots wrote:I suppose it is likely to be by a hobby potter.

am curious as I am still learning about pottery but how can you tell from an unmarked base whether it is a studio piece or hobby?

Studio potters tend to go to college &/or are apprenticed to professional potters, so their potting styles have a certain look to them - most learn from a standard of potting styles and finishes to their bases. Hobby potters, on the other hand, tend to be self taught or have attended less rigorous adult education pottery courses and so their styles are less well developed and more variable.
I wondered if it was from South Africa because it has the traits of a hobby potter, and may have been made by a potter who is self taught and producing pottery for the tourist market.

yeah I wondered that, I shall have another trawl tomorrow and see what I can find