"Aldermaston Pottery was a pottery located in the Berkshire village of Aldermaston. 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."@es . . . . "Private"@es . . . "A vase by Andrew Hazelden"@es . . . "220"^^ . . . . . . "Aldermaston Pottery"@es . . . "Dissolved"@es . . . . "Aldermaston Pottery was a pottery located in the Berkshire village of Aldermaston. 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 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 www.readingmuseum.org.uk."@es . . . "Aldermaston Pottery"@es . "See [[#Potters]]"@es . .