The Dec. 9 auction by Cowan's Auctions Inc. of Cincinnati, offering 24 pieces of a silver-plated serving set recovered from the USS Arizona, also includes two items of Hawaiiana.

One lot, valued at between $3,500 and $5,500, contains Queen Emma's personal photo collection "featuring many members of the Hawaiian royal family," according to the auction catalog posted online.

The photographs date from her 1865 visit to the United States and Europe, which she undertook after the death of her husband, King Kamehameha IV, in 1863. Eighteen of the 98 antique photographs in the collection bear notations in the queen's hand, the catalog said.

Highlights include images of both the king and queen, and their only child, Crown Prince Albert, who died in childhood.

There also are picture cards of British and American scenes, including Windsor Castle, Mount Vernon and George Washington's tomb.

The second lot features a medal of the Royal Order of Kapiolani that belonged to 19th-century American author Charles M. Newell, who wrote several romantic novels about the Hawaiian Islands.

Three pieces of official correspondence to Newell accompany the medal, including a letter in Hawaiian signed by Queen Kapi'olani.

The auctioneer estimated the lot's value at $4,000 to $6,000.