Large Aldermaston Earthenware Charger by Edgar Campden, circa 1975

A large studio pottery earthenware tin glaze charger, by Edgar Campden (1930-1998) for Aldermaston Pottery, decorated with an abstract design in a palette of green and yellow. In excellent condition, signed with monogram to the base. English, circa 1975

Aldermaston Pottery in Berkshire was founded in 1955 by British ceramicist Alan Caiger-Smith (1930–2020) and was known for its tin-glaze pottery decorated with brushwork that looked both abstract and calligraphic, often reduction fired to achieve lustre effects, in wood-fired kilns that Caiger-Smith designed and built himself. Edgar Campden joined Aldermaston Pottery in 1961 and stayed until its closure in 1993.