Kennedy’s personally-owned and -used porcelain luncheon dish from his tenure in the Senate, 6″ in diameter, decorated with a floral design in the center and gilted with 22-karat gold around the rim. This dish was kept in a china cabinet in Kennedy’s office and was used by his secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, in preparing his lunch. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal secretary, Mary B. Gallagher, in part: “Evelyn Lincoln and I began our career with the President in 1953, maintaining a very close friendship and working relationship...She felt that this dessert dish, which was such an integral part of the President’s daily lunch routine, would be an appropriate, sentimental remembrance of our Senate years together. She presented it to me upon moving from the Senate to The White House, which I tucked away in my china cabinet at home with an identifying note I typed on one of Mrs. Kennedy’s franked mailing labels.” Includes the typed identification note mentioned in the letter. Kennedy was a light eater and known to prefer a lunch of soup, a sandwich, and fruit. An uncommon item that was actually used by the senator and future president. RR Auction COA.
