School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA)
Christian Beck, brother of J. P. Beck, worked as a gunsmith in the early 1800’s in Lebanon, PA. It appears that he was itinerant for part of his life, travelling westward, as did many gunsmiths at the time. Note: It is possible that there was a father and son who were both gunsmiths, and the matter is further complicated in that there were C. Becks making guns as far west as St. Louis in the following generation. None of this mitigates the fact that some well-made flintlocks signed “C. Beck” adorn some of the finest collections.
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