GUSTAV BECKER GIANT CHIMING TWO WEIGHT WALNUT VIENNA REGULATOR

(ITEM # C-390)

                              THE GUSTAV BECKER CLOCK COMPANY MADE THIS  WALL CLOCK IN THE LATE 1890'S


            THIS HANDSOME AND QUITE LARGE CLOCK HAS A WALNUT CASE WITH A SECONDARY WOOD OF POPLAR.  THE COLUMNS ON THE DOOR ARE FLUTED. THE FINIALS ARE ORIGINAL TO THE CLOCK AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE.

                THE 8 INCH PORCELAIN DIAL, OR FACE WITH A SECONDS BIT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND HAS THE GB LOGO.

             THE CLOCK RUNS FOR EIGHT DAYS AND CHIMES ON THE HOUR AND HALF-HOUR. THE MOVEMENT AND GONG ARE BOTH MARKED GUSTAV BECKER. THIS CLOCK HAS BEEN OVERHAULED.

   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: 50 INCHES HIGH 18 1/2 INCHES WIDE 8 1/2 DEEP

PRICE $1,100.00