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This is an Antique Old Sleepy Eye Indian 7.5" tall Primitive Stoneware Stein Mug.
This Mug is in Very Good Condition with no cracks or chips.
The Mug was made between 1899 - 1906 in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota by Sleepy Eye Milling Company.
The Mug is 7 1/2" tall by 4 3/8" in diameter and weighs a heavy 3 LBS 9 OZ.
AI Says;
This stein depicts Chief "Old Sleepy Eye" (Ishtakhaba), a 19th-century Dakota chief who served as the namesake and mascot for the Sleepy Eye Milling Company of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.
Subject: The molded profile features Chief Sleepy Eye in a full feather war bonnet, with the text "OLD SLEEPY EYE" embossed along the lower banner edge.
Style & Glaze: Salt-glazed Flemish-style gray stoneware featuring cobalt blue highlights, relief borders around the top and bottom rim, and a molded bust/head on the handle.
Origin & Advertising: Beginning around 1899 to 1906, promotional stoneware pieces (including steins, pitchers, and crocks) were produced by Weir Pottery Company and Western Stoneware Company in Monmouth, Illinois, as advertising premiums distributed with barrels of Sleepy Eye Flour.
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