Lottery Ticket

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Lottery Ticket
Date1771
PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumInk on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 1 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (3.8 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Friends of Bayou Bend
Object numberB.83.5
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DescriptionThis ticket was issued as part of a 1771 lottery to raise funds in support of Philadelphia’s American China Manufactory. The firm was established while popular sentiment against British imports was high, but as the British repealed taxes and Americans ended boycotts, the American China Manufactory struggled to compete against imported goods and closed the following year.
ProvenanceGraham Hood; [The Stradlings, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1983.
Exhibition History"Colonial Philadelphia Porcelain: The Art of Bonnin and Morris," Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 8–June 1, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed: NEW-CASTLE LOTTERY, / For the Encouragement of the American China Manufacture. / 1771. No. 430 [430 is handwritten] / THIS TICKET entitles the Bearer to Such / Prize as may be drawn against its Num- / ber, free from any Deduction. / G Saml[l superscript] Patterson [last line is handwritten]
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