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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]
His history of lustre ware, Lustre Pottery, was published in 1985. Caiger-Smith was Chairman of the British Crafts Centre (1973–1978) and was awarded the MBE in 1988. [2] He ceased employing assistants in 1993 to concentrate on personal work and in 2006 announced his decision to sell the Aldermaston Pottery. [8]
In 1955, the Aldermaston Pottery was established on the main street [76] by studio potters Alan Caiger-Smith and Geoffrey Eastop. [76] The pottery was renowned for tin-glazed and porcelain wares, [76] which used scrap wood from the Village Farm woodyard to fire the kiln. [16]: 36 The pottery closed in 2006. [77]
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20th-century Jingdezhen ware, with factory mark: 中国景德镇 ("China Jingdezhen") and MADE IN CHINA in English. A factory mark is a marking affixed by manufacturers on their productions in order to authenticate them. Numerous factory marks are known throughout the ages, and are essential in determining the provenance or dating of productions.
He then started his own pottery in Padworth. He remained in the same area around south Berkshire throughout his working life, finally being based near Newbury from 1985. Eastop was a potter throughout his working life and collaborated with the artist John Piper , sometimes working at Piper's family home at Fawley Bottom in south Buckinghamshire .
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