Name/Title
HandkerchiefEntry/Object ID
CW 831 nDescription
Handkerchief. Part of a wedding ensemble, including bodice, skirt, veil; orange blossoms; fan; gloves; shoes; and handkerchief. Wedding ensemble was used at the marriage of Sarah E. Marshall (1845-1910) to Edward Lawrence Scull (1846-1884) on November 26, 1879.
CW 831 n Handkerchief. White linen. Written in ink in corner: "Edwd. L. Scull / 1875." Poor condition - "full of holes"
Transcribed from original accession record.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMade/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProvenance
Notes
The wedding ensemble was used at the Quaker wedding of Sarah E. Marshall (1845-1910) to Edward Lawrence Scull (1846-1884) on November 26, 1879.
Written in original accession record: "Sarah E. Marshall was the daughter of Edward Marshall who came to the U.S. in 1840 from Sheffield, England. She married Edward Lawrence Scull in this dress on November 26, 1879. He [Edward Lawrence Scull] was a recognized minister of the Friends' Twelfth Street Meeting and a direct descendant of Nicholas Scull, Surveyor General of Pennsylvania under William Penn."
