| Aldermaston Pottery | |
| Type: | Private |
| Genre: | Studio pottery |
| Fate: | Dissolved |
| Founder: | Alan Caiger-Smith |
| Location City: | Aldermaston, Berkshire |
| Location Country: | UK |
| Key People: | See
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| Industry: | Ceramics |
| 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.[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.
. Alan Caiger-Smith and Aldermaston Pottery, 1955-1993. 1993. 0-9521510-0-6. Alan Caiger-Smith.