GUSTAV BECKER CHIMING WEIGHT DRIVEN

WALNUT VIENNA REGULATOR

(ITEM # C-227)

THE GUSTAV BECKER CLOCK COMPANY MADE THIS HANDSOME WALL CLOCK, IN A FRENCH OR VIENNESE STYLE, AT THE TURN OF THE 1900'S.

CASE: THE CASE IS OF WALNUT WITH A SECONDARY WOOD OF POPLAR. NOTE THE CURVED PEDIMENT WITH A HAND CARVED CRESTING. THERE ARE, OF COURSE, ADDITIONAL CARVINGS ON BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS OF THE CASE. THE BOTTOM OF THE CASE HAS A LEAF CARVING. THE COLUMNS ON THE DOOR ARE FLUTED. THE FINIALS ARE ORIGINAL TO THE CLOCK.

DIAL: THE PORCELAIN DIAL, OR FACE, IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

MOVEMENT: THE CLOCK RUNS FOR EIGHT DAYS AND STRIKES THE HOUR AND HALF-HOUR ON A MELODIC CHIME ROD. IT HAS A MOST PLEASING RESONATING SOUND.THE MOVEMENT AND GONG ARE BOTH MARKED GUSTAV BECKER.

BY WAY OF A LITTLE HISTORY

GUSTAV BECKER OF FRIEBURG, GERMANY WAS BORN IN 1819 AND DIED IN 1885.
HE FOUNDED A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CLOCK FIRM IN SILESIA, GERMANY. THE BECKER COMPANY PROCEEDED TO WIN MANY QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE AWARDS DURING ITS LIFETIME, WHICH ENDED DURING WORLD WAR ONE.

DIMENSIONS: 47 INCHES HIGH 17 1/2 INCHES WIDE 8 1/2 DEEP

PRICE $1580.00

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