Aldermaston Pottery

Aldermaston Pottery
Company typePrivate
IndustryCeramics
GenreStudio pottery
Founded1955 (1955)
FounderAlan Caiger-Smith
Defunct2006 (2006)
FateDissolved
Headquarters
Aldermaston, Berkshire
,
UK
Key people
See #Potters
ProductsTin-glazed earthenware
Aldermaston Pottery plaque.
A vase by Andrew Hazelden.

Aldermaston Pottery was a pottery located in the Berkshire village of Aldermaston, England. It was founded in 1955 by Alan Caiger-Smith and was known for its tin-glaze pottery and particularly its lustre ware.[1][2] His first assistant, Geoffrey Eastop, joined him in 1956, a year after the pottery started.[3] They were joined in 1961 by David Tipler and Edgar Campden, who remained there until 1975 and 1993 respectively. Over a period of forty years, around sixty assistants worked at the pottery.

In 1965, the pottery was the subject of a television documentary produced by Michael Darlow.[4]

The pottery scaled back its production in June 1993 when Caiger-Smith partially retired and stopped hiring assistants.[5][6] It continued to be operated commercially until it was sold in 2006, and the building has now been converted into a private dwelling.

Reading Museum has an extensive collection of Aldermaston pottery displayed in its Atrium gallery. The pottery can also be seen on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Potters

References

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  5. ^ "Caiger-Smith, Alan". The Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  6. ^ Tiziana (4 September 2008). "Gubbio honors Alan Caiger-Smith". That's Arte. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Julian Bellmont". Studio Pottery. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Pottery". MOHAMED HAMID. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
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