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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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| Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Old Sleepy Eye, Blue & White, 4 1/4 In. | 2007 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Brown Chestnut,1952, 22 Oz. | 2008 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Indian, Blue & Yellow, Old Sleepy Eye, 4 3/8 In. | 2008 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Blue & White, 4 1/4 In. | 2008 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Indian On One Side, Teepee Other, Stoneware | 2009 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Blue, White, Indian, Campfire, W In Maple Leaf Mark, 5 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Blue, White, Indian, Campfire, WSCo. Monmouth, Ill., 4 5/8 In. | 2010 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Indian, Teepees, 4 3/8 In. 6 Piece, | 2010 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Indian Teepee Brown Glaze Western Stoneware Maple Leaf Mark 5 1/2 In. | 2011 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Indian Teepee Stoneware Diamond Mark Monmouth Stoneware Co. 4 1/2 In. | 2011 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug | Blue & White, No 2, 4 1/2 In. , | 2012 | | Sleepy Eye | Mug Set | Commemorative, 1976-1981, 6 Piece | 1998 | | Sleepy Eye | Paddle | Signed, Wooden | 1997 | | Sleepy Eye | Paddle | Canoe | 1998 | | Sleepy Eye | Paperweight | Glass, Marked | 1995 | | Sleepy Eye | Paperweight | Bronze | 1996 | | Sleepy Eye | Paperweight | Metal | 1996 | | Sleepy Eye | Paperweight | Bronze | 2002 | | Sleepy Eye | Paperweight | Bust Of Indian, Bronze | 2007 | | Sleepy Eye | Paperweight | Commemorative, Brown,1979, | 2008 | | Sleepy Eye | Paperweight | Indian Bust, Copper Flashed, Old Sleepy Eye, 3 In. | 2008 | | Sleepy Eye | Pie Plate | Hummer | 1998 | | Sleepy Eye | Pie Plate | Hummer Flour | 2002 | | Sleepy Eye | Pillow Cover | President Monroe | 1995 | | Sleepy Eye | Pillow Cover | Chief Old Sleepy Eye, President Monroe | 1999 |
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