1030017

19c Gustav BECKER Vienna REGULATOR Wall CLOCK #1030017

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19c Gustav BECKER Vienna REGULATOR Wall CLOCK #1030017
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Outstanding 19th Century Signed Gustav Becker Two Train Charming Vienna Regulator Wall Clock, Movement #288577, with a white enamel dial, Roman numeral hour markers, fancy open work hands, polished brass weights and pendulum complemented by an organic tone provincial carved wood case and original key. ****NOTE: Email for more images.

<P>Background:
Gustav Becker (1819-1885) was a dedicated and successful German clockmaker. In 1850, thoroughly trained in clockmaking in Germany and in Vienna, he established a small clockmaking shop in Freiburg, Silesia (not the Black Forest Freiburg). He struggled to produce clocks with an unskilled labor force until a design award in 1852 gave him the prestige to attract the quality of workers needed for success in this new industry. The firm prospered, and won many quality and performance awards worldwide from the 1860's to the 1890's. Until about 1880, virtually all Gustav Becker clocks were weight powered regulator wall clocks similar to the one shown on this book's cover. Then, spring powered clocks were introduced and many new styles followed. Almost four hundred models are pictured in the text. Several million clocks were produced and sold by the end of the trademark's use in the mid 1930's. Gustav Becker died in 1885, but the strength of his enterprise carried his name forward. The trademark and production survived an 1889 consolidation of Freiburg clockmaking companies into the "United Freiburg Clock Manufacturing Company Inc., formerly ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Good Working</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:19th century</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:52 inches</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:6 inches</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:14 inches</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:19c Gustav BECKER Vienna REGULATOR Wall CLOCK</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Long Island, NY</td></tr>
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