Identifying stamps from Hewitt Pottery

Mark Hewitt Pottery > Identifying stamps from Hewitt Pottery

To determine exactly who made a pot here at the Mark Hewitt Pottery (originally the W. M. Hewitt Pottery) and when it was made, below all the various stamps and markings that identify the pots made here. We hope this list will also be of interest to customers and collectors alike, and we encourage anyone with questions about individual stamps to get in contact with us.

Until 2020 Mark usually had two apprentices working with him, usually here at the pottery for about two years. All pots made at the W. M. Hewitt Pottery are stamped by the individual potter who made them, and each potter is responsible for making and decorating their own work. For instance, when Mark makes a pot, he glazes and decorates that pot and stamps it with his own individual stamp, and the number of the firing. Likewise, when an apprentice makes a pot, the apprentice decorates and glazes that pot and stamps it with the generic stamp of the pottery, their own initials, and the number of the firing. For example, the Spring 2015 firing was the 92nd firing of the salt kiln and the pots are marked 92.

After an apprentice leaves they may spend a few more years working or traveling before setting up their own potteries. Web site links and/or email addresses of each former and current apprentice are also listed in the table below if anyone would like to follow their progress.

We know pots made at the W. M. Hewitt pottery are sometimes incorrectly identified, on eBay, at auctions, etc. Always remember, especially when buying on the secondary market, the Latin phrase “caveat emptor” = “buyer beware.”

Mark Hewitt’s Stamps

DATE STAMP
1984 – 1995 WMH
1995 – current stamp-small
Willie Mark” – Hewitt’s “nom-de-terre,”
scratched on occasional pots that accidentally escape stamping

Additional number on pots

25 25th firing, December 1991
10 10th year anniversary firing, April 1994
xxxx Mark’s 40th birthday firing, November
1995
1999 All pots made during 1999
50 50th firing, November 1999
00 All pots made in 2000
60 60th firing, April 2003
66 66th firing, April 2005
69 69th firing, April 2006
71 71st firing, August 2006
72 72nd firing, December 2006
The numbering pattern continues with the number on the pot reflecting the number of the firing.
Occasional glaze experiment abbreviations/indicators
are incised on the bottom of pots too.

Letters identifying pots from the new kiln

DATE STAMP
February 2007 (Test Firing) A stampa-sm
May 2007 B stampb-sm
The lettering pattern continues….

Apprentice stamps

NAME & link to current web site or email DATES STAMP
Martin Simpson Mark’s English friend and traveling potter who has worked at the pottery for a few months most years since 1990 WMH
M
Charley Pritchard
http://www.lulingicehousepottery.com/biography.html
1994 – 1996 WMH
P
Joe Christensen
http://www.joechristensenpottery.net
1996 – 1997 WMH
O
“O” for Joe
Daniel Johnston
http://danieljohnstonpottery.com
1997 – 2001 WMH
D
Nate Evans
http://www.allamakeewoodfiredpottery.com/
1997 – 1999 WMH
E(1999 changed to NE )
Hallie Hite
http://www.allamakeewoodfiredpottery.com/
1998 – 1999 WMH
HH
Matt Jones
http://www.jonespottery.com/index.html
Fall 1999 WMH
MJ
Eric Smith
http://emsmithpottery.com/
2000 – 2002 WMH
ES
Joe Cole
http://windyridgepottery.com
http://colepottery.blogspot.com
2001 – 2003 WMH
J
Chris Early
http://www.chrisearlypottery.com
2002 – 2004 WMH
ce
James Olney
[email protected]
2002 – 2004 WMH
jto
Zac Spates
http://zacspatespottery.com
http://www.facebook.com/woodfiredpottery
2003 – 2006 WMH
Z
Lara O’Keefe
http://www.okeefepottery.com
Fall 2005 WMH
OK
Aaron Weaver
[email protected]
2005 – 2008 WMH
aW
Noah Riedel
http://www.biloya.com
2006 – 2008 WMH
No
Joseph Sand
http://www.jsspottery.com
2006 – 2009 WMH
JSS
Eryn Prospero
http://prosperopottery.wordpress.com
Summer-Fall 2008 WMH
Ep
Alex Matisse
http://eastforkpottery.com
2008 – 2009 alexstamp
Julie Jones
http://juliejonespottery.com
http://juliejonespottery.blogspot.com
2009 WMH
JJ
Brad Lail 2010-2011 bradstamp
Seth Guzovsky
http://www.poorfarmpottery.com/
2010-2012 sethstamp
Mark Kozma 2012-2014 WMH
K
Adrian King

http://www.adriankingceramics.com/

2013-2016 WMH
AK, then later
Hamish Jackson
https://www.hamishjacksonpottery.com/
2015-2019 WMH
hj
Stillman Browning-Howe
https://www.tinytownpots.com/thepotter
2016-2020 WMH
S
Will Baskin
https://www.willbaskinpottery.com/
2019-2020 WMH
WB
Dalton Hughes
https://www.instagram.com/dhughespottery/
2021-2022 WMH
dh
Paul Davis 2023-current WMH
pd