Tiffany & Co. A fine and rare enameled 18K gold hunter cased minute repeating fob watch and chatelaine given by Russell Sage to his wife Olivia Date: 1882 Movement: Jeweled through the hammers, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance with overcoiled spring, stem winding (crown missing), lever set, repeating on gongs by means of slide on band, No. 14987 Dial: White enamel, minute ring enclosing roman chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued hands Case: Plain polished with enamel monogram MOS, cuvette with enamel portrait of Russell Sage No. 14987 Strap/Bracelet: Chatelaine of three graduated circular panels enhanced with enamel, the largest with date 1882 Signed: By Tiffany on case, dial, movement and chatelaine struck with French chimera guarantee mark for imported 18K gold watches Size: 33mm Fußnoten Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828 – 1918) was the second wife of the notorious miserly robber baron, Russell Sage (1816 – 1906). Russell Sage was a self-taught entrepreneur who began his career at his brother's Troy, New York grocery store. By the age of 21, he was able to buy the store, only to sell it in 1839 and use the profits to set up a wholesale shipping trade along the Hudson River. Active in local politics, he then served in the US House of Representatives, 1853-1857. Moving to New York City in the 1860's, he made his fortune on Wall Street investing notably in railroad stocks. More than many of his contemporaries, he earned a reputation as a miser. Olivia Slocum married him in 1869. Upon her husband's death, she inherited his $70 million fortune and, in contrast, devoted the rest of her life to philanthropy.
Tiffany & Co. A fine and rare enameled 18K gold hunter cased minute repeating fob watch and chatelaine given by Russell Sage to his wife Olivia Date: 1882 Movement: Jeweled through the hammers, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance with overcoiled spring, stem winding (crown missing), lever set, repeating on gongs by means of slide on band, No. 14987 Dial: White enamel, minute ring enclosing roman chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued hands Case: Plain polished with enamel monogram MOS, cuvette with enamel portrait of Russell Sage No. 14987 Strap/Bracelet: Chatelaine of three graduated circular panels enhanced with enamel, the largest with date 1882 Signed: By Tiffany on case, dial, movement and chatelaine struck with French chimera guarantee mark for imported 18K gold watches Size: 33mm Fußnoten Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828 – 1918) was the second wife of the notorious miserly robber baron, Russell Sage (1816 – 1906). Russell Sage was a self-taught entrepreneur who began his career at his brother's Troy, New York grocery store. By the age of 21, he was able to buy the store, only to sell it in 1839 and use the profits to set up a wholesale shipping trade along the Hudson River. Active in local politics, he then served in the US House of Representatives, 1853-1857. Moving to New York City in the 1860's, he made his fortune on Wall Street investing notably in railroad stocks. More than many of his contemporaries, he earned a reputation as a miser. Olivia Slocum married him in 1869. Upon her husband's death, she inherited his $70 million fortune and, in contrast, devoted the rest of her life to philanthropy.
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