Charlie Boyce, Aysgarth Pottery

This was a little pottery based in the Yorkshire Dales National Park that I often passed when I was working up in Wensleydale during the late 1990s. I bought a few pieces from their shop in Aysgarth village and have since bought one or two more because the pottery is now closed and I like to buy locally-made work. I know nothing about who ran it or when it opened and or when it closed although it was sometime before 2009. They are all in earthenware and colourfully decorated with slip-trailed flowers etc. The candle stick is 12cm (height), the plate (one of two, the other broken in use) is 24.6cm (diameter).

Haven't been able to identify who made this one. There seems to have been a lot of attention paid to making a good stamp so I thought they would probably have a significant output and thus there would be info out there, but have not found anything. Its not helped by the fact that it could read "CAB" or "ACB" (or even "EAB" or "AEB"); I've looked at all these possibilities.

Its 3" high and 3 1/2" diameter across the rim. The linear decoration is incised into a tenmoku glaze, which is covered by a transparent glaze. Any suggestions?

THe same mark has been found on pots decorated in the same style and slipware colours as Aysgarth Pottery, run by Charlie Boyce, so the mark is believed to be the potter's initials and made before his time at Aysgarth in Yorkshire since one of his relatives has said the Aysgarth pots were only stamped Aysgarth Pottery Yorkshire

Update: Aysgarth Pottery was run by Charlie Boyce. Prior to using the Aysgarth stamp he used a ring with his initials CAB.
He then moved to Enniskean in Ireland and worked at Bandon Pottery before moving to the States. No longer potting.

Thanks Naomi - I still have this one in a box somewhere!