Alan Caiger-Smith, (British), teapot, green/white, painted 'ACS' to the base. Height 21.5 cm. Alan Caiger-Smith (b1930) is one of the best modern wood-fired tin glazed smoke reduced lustre potters (the British equivalent of Alan Peascod). He opened his Aldermaston pottery in 1955 and wrote a major book on lustre pottery. He visited Australia in the 1970s, conducting numerous demonstrations and holding a number of exhibitions. Examples of his work are held in many public collections in the UK and other countries.