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 Mug Chestnut Brown, Teepees, Embossed Maple Leaf, Mark, Monmouth, 1952 2004 Sleepy Eye Mug Solid Blue, 4 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Blue & Gray, No. 3 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Blue & White, Blue Rim, No. 1, 4 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Blue & White, Blue Rim, No. 2 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Blue & White, No. 3, 6 1/2 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Blue & White, No. 4, 8 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Blue & White, No. 5, 9 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Blue & White, Shaped Handle, No. 5, 9 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Brown & White, No. 4 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Creamer, Blue & Gray, No. 1, 4 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Creamer, Blue & White, No. 1, 4 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Green, No. 4 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Standing Indian, Qt. 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Teepees, Shaped Handle, Blue & White, No. 2, 5 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Sign Sleepy Eye Milling Co., Indian Chief, Lithograph, Round, C.1900, 16 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Stein Flemish, Blue & White, 7 3/4 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Sugar Blue & White, Teepees, Flared Top, Marked, Monmoth, 3 1/4 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Vase Blue, Gray, Indian, Cylinder Shape, 8 1/2 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Vase Cattail, Flemish, 9 In. 2004 Sleepy Eye Vase Cattail, Green 2004 Sleepy Eye Apron Clothespin 2004 Sleepy Eye Cookbook Loaf 2004 Sleepy Eye Label Barrel 2004 Sleepy Eye Pitcher Blue & Gray, No. 5 2004
