Hammett Pottery Examples
Hammett Pottery is not signed and resembles pottery made elsewhere in the region so no attribution can be 100%. These pieces that we have attributed to the Hammett Pottery based on provenance, style, and similarities to sherds recovered from the site.
This ovoid jug stands 6 1/2” tall. It was purchased at auction in 1984. The very elderly owner said that its battered condition was because of grandpa used it as a canteen when he worked in the lead mine. The distinctive lip on this jug seems to have been used only on smaller sized Hammett jugs. The author has seen another in a one-gallon size. Private collection.
Ovoid earthenware jar with tall, thick collar and turned foot. Bands of coggled ornament (impressed using a toothed wheel) at base of collar and at neck, above a band of coggled arch shapes. Two applied lug handles. Interior of rim has ledge for lid (now missing). All-over greenish-black glaze; unglazed collar. 11 3/4" tall. Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database
From the collection of the Kenosha Public Museum.
Large ovoid earthenware jar. Two applied crescent-shaped handles. Two incised lines around neck. Green lead-based glaze with orange spots. Attributed to Hammett. Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wda/id/1350/rec/9 object 1944-939. In the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Museum.
Small ovoid earthenware jug with ringed collar lip, turned foot, and applied strap handle. Clear lead glaze. Attributed to Hammett. Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database, object 73-114 https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wda/id/1205/rec/5. In the collection of the Kenosha Public Museum.
Four-gallon earthenware crock with lead glaze and very thick rolled rim.butter pot attributed to Belmont. Incised "4" on the rim, ear handles, incised coggled band at the ears and line below. Wisconsin Decorative Art Database. https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wda/id/1192/rec/4 object
73-119.. From the Kenosha Public Museum.
Sherds from the Hammett Pottery Site
These fragments were collected by Mark Knipping in 1971 in Cottage Grove.