Name/Title
FanEntry/Object ID
CW 763 a-bDescription
Fan. Black ostrich feathers with tortoise shell spines in fitted box. Wedding gift to Emily Betts Smyth at her marriage to Robert M. Janney, both of Philadelphia. Excellent condition. 1889
CW 763 a Fan; black Ostrich feathers leaves; dark red cord, tassel, and knotted circle.
CW 763 b Box fitted to hold fan; lined in white satin; covered in brown-gray plush. Box marked in gold letters: "E.B.S. Jr."
Transcribed from original accession record.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMade/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProvenance
Notes
Wedding gift to Emily Betts Smyth (1855- ) at her marriage on March 5, 1889, to Robert M. Janney (both of Philadelphia).
The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper (Johnson), was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey, who married James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915. Emily Smyth Cooper Johnson was a 1907 graduate of Bryn Mawr College. From 1911 to 1919 she served ad Chairman of Trustees of Camden Friends' School.