Date:1841 - 1851 (c.)
Description:This bell was used to summon servants and belonged to local author George Eliot. It came from the bedroom [?] of Bird Grove House in Coventry where she lived with her father. The bell was found during the repair work that resulted from a World War Two air raid in November 1940. George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880.
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This jug is made from Staffordshire pottery and is thought to have belonged to Mr. ...
These gloves, made from cream kid leather, belonged to the author George Eliot. George ...
This writing desk was the personal property of the author George Eliot. George ...
This panel would have been used as a support for when writing on one's knee, and ...
This bust in Parian ware depicts George Eliot, and is inscribed E-L-I-O-T at its ...
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This bell was used to summon servants and belonged to local author George Eliot. It came from the bedroom ...
Illustration of Bird Grove, Foleshill, Coventry taken from 'Impressions of Theophrastus Such'. From ...
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Source: Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery
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