Aldermaston Pottery
Aldermaston Pottery building in the village of Aldermaston, Berkshire, England.
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| Industry | Ceramics |
| Genre | Studio pottery |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Founder | Alan Caiger-Smith |
| Defunct | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Aldermaston, Berkshire, UK |
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| Products | Tin-glazed earthenware |
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. Alan Caiger-Smith worked with almost sixty assistants over a period of forty years at the Pottery; the first, Geoffrey Eastop, joined him in 1956, a year after the pottery started.
In 1965, the pottery was the subject of a television documentary produced by Michael Darlow.
The pottery scaled back its production in June 1993 when Caiger-Smith partially retired and stopped hiring assistants. 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 by Caiger-Smith that is displayed in its Atrium gallery.
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