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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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ImageCategoryPattern or ItemDescriptionYear Priced
Sleepy EyeStein Blue & White, Teepees, Campfire, Indian Head, c.1900, 7 3/4 x 4 3/8 In., illustrated2009
Sleepy EyeVase Cattails & Dragonflies, Salt Glaze, Early 20th Century, 8 1/2 x 4 In., illustrated2009
Sleepy EyeVase Indian, Cat O` Nine Tails, Cobalt Blue, 8 1/2 x 4 In., illustrated2009
 Sleepy EyeCrock Butter, Blue & Gray, Old Sleepy Eye, Village Scene, 6 In.2009
 Sleepy EyeCrock Butter, Indian, Teepees & Trees, Blue & Gray Salt Glaze, Relief, c.1890, 4 3/4 In.2009
 Sleepy EyeCrock Indian One Side, Teepee Other, Weir Pottery, c.1914, 5 x 6 3/8 In.2009
 Sleepy EyeCrock Salt, Indian Head, 21st Annual Sleepy Eye Collectors Convention, c.1996, 5 In.2009
 Sleepy EyeMug Indian On One Side, Teepee Other, Stoneware2009
 Sleepy EyePitcher Blue, Indian Head, 8 In.2009
 Sleepy EyePitcher Blue, Indian One Side, Teepee Other, Monmouth Pottery, 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 In.2009
 Sleepy EyePitcher Blue & White, Old Sleepy Eye, No. 2, 5 In.2009
 Sleepy EyePitcher Blue & White, Old Sleepy Eye, No. 3, 6 In.2009
 Sleepy EyePitcher Blue & White, Old Sleepy Eye, No. 4, 8 In.2009
 Sleepy EyePitcher Blue & White, Old Sleepy Eye, No. 5, 9 In.2009
 Sleepy EyePitcher Blue Rim, Blue & White, Old Sleepy Eye, No. 4, 8 In.2009
 Sleepy EyePitcher Indian Profile, Landscape, Teepees, Blue, Cream Ground, 8 1/2 x 8 In.2009
 Sleepy EyePlate Souvenir, Blue Bird, Roses, 7 1/2 In.2009
 Sleepy EyePostcard Old Sleepy Eye Flour, Indian Picture, c.19042009
 Sleepy EyeSalt Stoneware, Indian Head, Blue & Gray2009
 Sleepy EyeSign Sleepy Eye Flour, Embossed, Tin, Wood Frame, 20 x 24 In.2009
 Sleepy EyeSign Sleepy Eye Mills, Paper, Indian Picture, Minn., 16 In.2009
 Sleepy EyeStein Blue, Embossed, Indian On One Side, Teepee, 7 1/2 x 4 3/8 In.2009
 Sleepy EyeStein Flemish Blue Gray, Indian Head Handle, 4 1/4 In.2009
 Sleepy EyeStein Old Sleepy Eye, Indian, Blue & Gray, 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 In.2009
 Sleepy EyeStein Western Stoneware, 1979,2009
 

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