734 - Gustav Becker wall regulator, Gründerzeit wall clock with carved female mascaron, circa 1890

Gustav Becker wall regulator, Gründerzeit wall clock with carved female mascaron, circa 1890 Walnut case. Wall regulator, the rounded pediment with a carved female mascaron and three turned finials, flanked by turned half columns and panels with diamond-cut bosses, glazed door, the base with turned drop finials. On the back the oval brand stamp „Uhren-Fabrik Gustav Becker FREIBURG i. Schles.“. Two-piece white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, outer minute track and black openwork hands, the brass-colored bezel with a beaded rim. Weight-driven time-only movement with one winding aperture, brass-colored cylindrical weight and pendulum with a brass-colored bob, at the bottom of the case the white enamelled beat scale inscribed „Boré & Berger Magdeburg.“. Key included. Clock is running, age-appropriate condition with some restoration spots. 130x42x18 cm (HxWxD). Gustav Becker founded a clock factory in Freiburg in Silesia in 1847 whose regulators were produced in large numbers in the 19th century; in 1899 the company merged into the Vereinigte Freiburger Uhrenfabriken. The beat scale mounted in the case probably refers to the Magdeburg clock retailer who sold the clock.