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Rare Sleepy Eye .sterling Indian with figure pre 1935 - one of a kind - 2/4
$ 118.8
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Description
ISH -TAK-HA-BA ...indian chief ,old image… is seen in my photos ….
showing the various images, of SLEEPY EYE …..
I offer a very old Original item , much more RARE....
than Pottery Mugs ............green , cobalt blue , etc....
even if there is crazing …on the old pottery.
Pottery can be found, every place , u look ...u can find....
Sleepy Eye
Mugs , bowls, pitchers etc...etc…etc…
Not the case with sterling silver bracelets ...
this is probably , the Only one made , ....with enamel paint .
the side profile ...of the indian ...Sleepy Eye ......as you see him...
sleepy eye flour/cereal .....adopted this image , as their Famous .......Trade Mark......only
Personal pick up ok...
"LAST 3 or 4 PHOTOs" - showing variation of images, used for SLEEPY EYE...
...not part of my auction , just information only
Vintage enamel paint....as pictured...
sterling silver
. Original patina.
with minor Scuffs or nicks maybe visible...
OTHER MINOR DEFECTS
HERE & THERE .....DUE TO AGE
MATERIALS
AND STORAGE.
FOR DETAILS AND CONDITION,
PLEASE
SUPERSIZE ,
all MEASUREMENTS IN PICTURE s ...
Very small give or take , 1/4 inch
1.5 inches x 1.75 inches
.
Each person grades differently,
please refer to the
pictures as part of the description,
to grade the overall
condition for yourself. Thanks
Previous auction was mistake made , size of Single Panel was Forgot ...I’m sorry
Personal delivery 0k ... ...or Pick up ...
Shipping 9.00
Another mistake , due to Increasing insured rates , increase was required .
History of the Sleepy eye Pitcher from Kovel's:
Sleepy Eye collectors look for anything bearing the IMAGE ….of the nineteenth-century 1800s …
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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I offer…. NO …. reproduction …….of this Famous Indian
I offer ….original ….one of a kind …..
Thank you