101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 168
A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte B/Dresden, Movement No. 16167, Case No. 16167, 38 mm, 53 g, circa 1883
A small Glashuette hunting case pocket watch - manufactured in quality 1A - sold on 1883/03/28 to company Charles William Schumann in New York for 145 Marks - with Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k pink gold, monogrammed, gold dome with presentation engraving, case maker's punch mark "CWS" (Charles William Schuhman). Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
On a dark November night in 1894, a box of chocolates was delivered to the leading lady at the Princess's Theatre in London. After sampling the delicacies, the actress was taken ill the following day and not able to appear on stage. It was soon discovered that the chocolates had been tampered with and spiked with carbolic acid – the sender was never identified.
The victim of this foul attack was, however, not unfamiliar with poisonous substances. When she was young, Anna Shelton had obtained a home remedy from an unknown source to rid herself of a birthmark; later she married Henry Ruppert and moved to New York, where she established a business as "Mrs. Anna Ruppert" and supplied her face whitening product to a wide range of clients. It was a very successful enterprise and particularly popular with African-American ladies attempting to lighten their skin.
Mrs. Ruppert divorced her husband in the late 1880s but she kept her (brand) name and moved to London with her second husband; in London she advertised her beauty products during lectures and in newspaper articles. In 1893 her column was canceled because her bleaching agent was discovered to be the source of mercury poisoning. She was taken to court for violation of the Irish pharmacy regulation act and her star began to fade.
In 1894 Anna Ruppert took up acting and appeared in plays she produced herself at the Princess's Theatre. She was, however, not very successful in her new career and she felt that the Londoners were holding a grudge against her. She returned to Pleasant Hill, her home town in the US, where she died of tuberculosis in April 1896, at the age of only 32.
In 1885, when business was running well in New York, Mrs. Ruppert presented a friend with a lady’s Glashütte pocket watch in a case by C. W. Schumann for Christmas. The watch is a fine piece of jewellery and of supreme quality, with a dedication and an elaborately engraved date – it is in excellent condition and a beauty to look at.
A small Glashuette hunting case pocket watch - manufactured in quality 1A - sold on 1883/03/28 to company Charles William Schumann in New York for 145 Marks - with Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k pink gold, monogrammed, gold dome with presentation engraving, case maker's punch mark "CWS" (Charles William Schuhman). Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
On a dark November night in 1894, a box of chocolates was delivered to the leading lady at the Princess's Theatre in London. After sampling the delicacies, the actress was taken ill the following day and not able to appear on stage. It was soon discovered that the chocolates had been tampered with and spiked with carbolic acid – the sender was never identified.
The victim of this foul attack was, however, not unfamiliar with poisonous substances. When she was young, Anna Shelton had obtained a home remedy from an unknown source to rid herself of a birthmark; later she married Henry Ruppert and moved to New York, where she established a business as "Mrs. Anna Ruppert" and supplied her face whitening product to a wide range of clients. It was a very successful enterprise and particularly popular with African-American ladies attempting to lighten their skin.
Mrs. Ruppert divorced her husband in the late 1880s but she kept her (brand) name and moved to London with her second husband; in London she advertised her beauty products during lectures and in newspaper articles. In 1893 her column was canceled because her bleaching agent was discovered to be the source of mercury poisoning. She was taken to court for violation of the Irish pharmacy regulation act and her star began to fade.
In 1894 Anna Ruppert took up acting and appeared in plays she produced herself at the Princess's Theatre. She was, however, not very successful in her new career and she felt that the Londoners were holding a grudge against her. She returned to Pleasant Hill, her home town in the US, where she died of tuberculosis in April 1896, at the age of only 32.
In 1885, when business was running well in New York, Mrs. Ruppert presented a friend with a lady’s Glashütte pocket watch in a case by C. W. Schumann for Christmas. The watch is a fine piece of jewellery and of supreme quality, with a dedication and an elaborately engraved date – it is in excellent condition and a beauty to look at.
estimated
4.000—5.000 €
Price realized
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