American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts

Provenance:

Noah Brooks (1830-1903), Castine, Maine,

Gifted to Frank Parker Wood (1837-1911),

By descent to Mabelle Wood (Wright) Singleton (1877-1952), Hickory Hill, Warm Springs, Georgia, 1952,

By descent to Parker Wood, Tampa, Florida,

Thence by descent to the present consignor.

Note:

Noah Brooks was a celebrated journalist and newspaper editor who famously covered the Lincoln Administration starting in 1862 and authored the biography of Abraham Lincoln titled, Abraham Lincoln: A Biography for Young People (1888). Brooks developed a close bond with Lincoln, and this tray was purportedly a gift to Brooks.

This lot is accompanied by a typed letter, dated February 28, 1979, and a newspaper article clipping citing the chain of ownership.