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 Pitcher No. 1, Blue On White 1997 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 2, Blue On White, 5 1/4 In. 1997 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 3, Blue & White, 6 1/2 In. ~illus 1997 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 3, Blue On Gray, 3 Teepees With Indian, 6 1/2 In. 1997 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 3, Green, 5 1/4 In. 1997 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 4, Blue On White, 8 In. 1997 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 4, Light Blue, Weir 1997 Sleepy Eye Pitcher No. 5, Blue On White, 9 In. 1997 Sleepy Eye Postcard Indian Village, Set Of 9 ~illus 1997 Sleepy Eye Salt Bowl White, Weir 1997 Sleepy Eye Stein Blue On White, Weir, 7 3/4 In. 1997 Sleepy Eye Sugar Blue On White 1997 Sleepy Eye Vase Cattail, Cylindrical, Yellow & Brown, 8 1/2 In. 1997 Sleepy Eye Vase Indian, Cattails, Frog, Blue On Gray, 8 1/2 In. 1997 Sleepy Eye Bowl Salt 1996 Sleepy Eye Calendar 1903 1996 Sleepy Eye Calendar 1904 1996 Sleepy Eye Crock Butter 1996 Sleepy Eye Fan 12 1/4 In. 1996 Sleepy Eye Label Barrel, Trademarked Image, Round, 16 In. 1996 Sleepy Eye Letter Opener Bronze 1996 Sleepy Eye Mug Blue & Gray 1996 Sleepy Eye Mug Blue On White, 4 1/2 In. 1996 Sleepy Eye Mug Chestnut, 1952 1996 Sleepy Eye Mug Left Handled, Blue & Gray, 1952 1996
