Beautiful vintage or antique Chief Sleepy Eye stoneware mug featuring a cobalt-blue portrait of Chief Sleepy Eye wearing a feathered headdress.

This approximately 4½-inch-tall mug features a cream-colored glazed stoneware body with rich cobalt-blue decoration, a molded handle, and a diamond-shaped maker's mark on the underside.

Chief Sleepy Eye pottery is associated with the historic Weir Pottery Company and Western Stoneware of Monmouth, Illinois. This piece displays the distinctive blue-and-white styling sought by collectors of American stoneware and Sleepy Eye pottery.