Sleepy Eye
Sleepy Eye collectors look for anything bearing the image of the nineteenth-century Indian chief with the drooping eyelid. The Sleepy Eye Milling Co., Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, used his portrait in advertising from 1883 to 1921. It offered many premiums, including stoneware and pottery steins, crocks, bowls, mugs, and pitchers, all decorated with the famous profile of the Indian. The popular pottery was made by Weir Pottery Company from c.1800-1905. Weir merged with six other potteries and became Western Stoneware in 1906. Western Stoneware Co. made blue and white Sleepy Eye from 1906 until 1937, long after the flour mill went out of business in 1921. Reproductions of the pitchers are being made today. The original pitchers came in only five sizes: 4 inches, 5 1/4 inches, 6 1/2 inches, 8 inches, and 9 inches. The Sleepy Eye image was also used by companies unrelated to the flour mill. Sleepy Eye was one of four American Indians to meet President James Monroe in 1824 and was later involved in treaty that gave Sioux lands to the U.S. government.
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Category Pattern or Item Description Year Priced Sleepy Eye Sugar Blue & White 2002 Sleepy Eye Vase Cattail, Brown & Yellow 2002 Sleepy Eye Vase Cattail, Chocolate Brown 2002 Sleepy Eye Vase Cattail, Green Matte Glaze 2002 Sleepy Eye Vase Stoneware 2002 Sleepy Eye Stein Blue & White 2002 Sleepy Eye Bowl Sugar, Blue & Yellow 2001 Sleepy Eye Label Barrel, Chief 2001 Sleepy Eye Mug Blue & White, 4 1/4 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Mug Blue & White, Blue Bands, 4 1/4 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Mug Blue & White, Brackets & White Handle, 4 1/4 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Mug Blue & Yellow, 4 1/4 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Mug Tan, Sleepy Eye Handle 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 1, Blue & Gray, Circle Mark 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 1, Blue & White, 4 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 1, Blue & Yellow, 4 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 1, Blue Rim, 4 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 2, Blue & Gray, 5 1/4 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 3, Blue & White, 6 1/2 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 4, Blue & White, 7 7/8 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 4, Blue Rim, 7 7/8 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 4, Blue Rim, Weir Mark, 7 7/8 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 4, Brown & Yellow 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 4, Light Blue, 8 In. 2001 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 5, Blue & Gray, 8 7/8 In. 2001
