Eli Terry, Native of East Windsor, Ct who apprenticed under Windsor clockmaker Daniel Burnap, pioneered using interchangeable wooden parts to produce the first ever affordable clocks in the early US. His “Pillar & Scroll” clocks went a step farther and featured standardized decorative pillars, a scrolled top, painted dial and a reverse painted (églomisé)[...]

  Eli Terry, Native of East Windsor, Ct who apprenticed under Windsor clockmaker Daniel Burnap, pioneered using interchangeable wooden parts to produce the first ever affordable clocks in the early US. His “Pillar & Scroll” clocks went a step farther and featured standardized decorative pillars, a scrolled top, painted dial and a reverse painted (églomisé)[...]