Orange Blossoms. Five orange blossoms that decorated a wedding gown ensemble. 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 a Wedding gown bodice; silk; bodice decorated with orange blossoms and tulle; 3/4 sleeves; ruching around neck and sleeves; pearl buttons.
CW 831 b Wedding Gown - Skirt; silk; decorated with orange blossoms and tulle.
CW 831 c Veil. Wedding Veil. No details given.
CW 831 d-h Five silk orange blossoms to decorate the wedding gown.
CW 831 i Fan. Wedding fan with Ivory sticks and guards; carved guards; off-white silk leaf; long and wide silk ribbon attached to handle.
CW 831 j-k Gloves. Wedding gloves; long; white kid.
CW 831 l-m Shoes. Wedding shoes. High-button; white kid; square toe; low French heel.
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 Objects
Made/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Provenance
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."