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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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CategoryPattern or ItemDescriptionYear Priced
Sleepy EyePitcherNo. 4, Green On White, 8 In.1998
Sleepy EyePitcherNo. 5, Blue On White, 9 In.1998
Sleepy EyePitcherNo. 5, Brown On White, 9 In.1998
Sleepy EyePitcher SetNo. 5, 6 Large Mugs, Blue On White, 7 Piece1998
Sleepy EyePlateCentennial, 19721998
Sleepy EyePlateCommemorative, 19761998
Sleepy EyeSignFlour, Self-framed, Tin, 19 x 13 In.1998
Sleepy EyeSignOld Sleepy Eye, Indian, Yellow Ground, Early 1900s, 14 x 24 In.1998
Sleepy EyeSignPaper, Red On Yellow1998
Sleepy EyeSteinBlue On White, 7 3/4 In.1998
Sleepy EyeSteinBlue1998
Sleepy EyeSteinBrown On White, 7 3/4 In.1998
Sleepy EyeSteinBrown On Yellow, 7 3/4 In.1998
Sleepy EyeSteinGreen On White, 7 3/4 In.1998
Sleepy EyeVaseCattail, Blue On White, 8 1/2 In.1998
Sleepy EyeVaseCattail, Blue, 8 1/2 In.1998
Sleepy EyeVaseCattail, Brown On Yellow, 9 In.1998
Sleepy EyeVaseCattail, Green On White, 9 In.1998
Sleepy EyeVaseCattail, Indian Portrait, Blue On White, 8 1/2 In.1998
Sleepy EyeVaseCattails, Gray On Blue, 9 In.1998
Sleepy EyeVaseIndian, Cattails, Blue, Gray, 9 In.1998
Sleepy EyeBoxButter1998
Sleepy EyeClockSleepy Eye In Gold Letters1998
Sleepy EyeCookbookLoaf Of Bread Shape1998
Sleepy EyeCrockIndian Head On Side1998
 

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