Valuable

Needlework Embroidery

Needlework Embroidery
Early 19th century, purportedly done by Miss Sara Mackentyre of Salem, Massachusetts; depicting figures in a landscape, silk on linen ground, (fading, minor fiber wear), 7 x 8 1/2 inches
Part of the William Howard, Sr. collection

Approximate era
1801-1850

Engraved Porpoise Jaw

Engraved Porpoise Jaw
Late 19th century, decorated with a young girl, a memorial cross, scrolling vines, an elegant lady and a figure of liberty, inscribed on interior "W.H. Harvard," length 13 1/4 inches
Part of the William Howard, Sr. collection

Approximate era
don't know

French Flintlock Pistol

French Flintlock Pistol
Late 18th-early 19th century, with label "French Cavalry Pistol taken from one of the battlefields in the Crimea," engraved "M R de S....,"
Minor corrosion, cracks to handle, length 14 inches
Part of the William Howard, Sr. Collection

Approximate era
before 1800
Donated by
B. G. Howard