Alan Caiger-Smith and apprentices, Aldermaston Pottery

Thanks, 27 cms diameter x 8 cms deep

Individual separate marks on Aldermaston tend to be prosaic or personal.Marks on lustre work tends to be glaze codes. Other marks are decidedly uncommon, and would probably be personal to the potter. Glaze, style, shape, clay type variation.... That sort of thing.

When the Aldermaston closed in 1993, each of the potters was given a similar Red lustre goblet similar to these. These cost £120 the pair direct from the pottery in 1988. Which was quite an amount of money back then! not by myself. I bought them a good deal later, for good deal less.

The base of one of the goblets above.

This is the original hand written receipt  for the goblets above. I wonder if the signature is that of Alan Caiger Smith? This is the only receipt from Aldermaston I have ever seen.

When I did a google lens search on the mark it said Alan caiger smith but I understand he had lots of apprentices working for him. Cannot pin down a maker, it is similar to his mark but not sure. Any help appreciated thank you.

Not by ACS, but I can't see an obvious match on my list ATM.

Many thanks

The Aldermaston individual marks are often quite difficult to decipher, They were painted freehand, and can sometimes be different for .the same potter. However, you can judge for yourself.As we have several different lists of the potter's marks on our Aldermaston thread.

Go Compare! https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t3346-alan-caiger-smith-and-apprentices-aldermaston-pottery?highlight=alan+caiger+smith

Fantastic many thanks

Mark looks very similar many thanks

Hi,

I believe this is Aldermaston pottery but can't figure out who this potter is from the lists online - does anyone know and also what the stamped J might mean?

Thank you!

I’m sure this is an Aldermaston bowl but I’d like to know a bit more about it. It’s a large 29cm shallow bowl. It has an apprentice mark which doesn’t seem to be listed. Anyone know who it could be? I’d love to be able to date it too but it doesn’t have any other marks on it. My partner remembers it from when he was a little boy and he’s 59 now if that helps…

a difficult one. It is very well made, so must be by an accomplished potter. Problem is, these marks were paintd freehand, and sometimes very badly.I am looking at Jane White's book on Alan Caiger Smith which contains the definitive list of all the Aldermaston potters. Trouble is there is no clear match. The nearest possibility would be Jane O'Connor who was there 1978-80 and whose mark was an AF.

Just guessing it could be AY, but I don't have a Y name on my list.

Thanks for replies guys…I believe it to be older than 1978 (which would rule out Jane O’Connor) as my partner remembers it in his house prior to that. Still no idea of potters name though.
What sort of value do these bowls have out of interest?