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. His first assistant, Geoffrey Eastop, joined him in 1956, a year after the pottery started. 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.

Aldermaston Pottery

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.

Aldermaston Pottery

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.

Aldermaston Pottery

Potters

Alan Caiger-Smith

Geoffrey Eastop

David Tipler

Julian Bellmont

Edgar Campden

Harriet Coleridge

Mohamed Hamid

Andrew Hazelden

Myra McDonnell

Laurence McGowan

Simon Rich

References

Further reading

2006 disestablishments in England

Companies established in 1995

Companies disestablished in 2006

Ceramics manufacturers of England

English pottery

Arts in Berkshire

History of Berkshire

Studio pottery