Scent Bottle and Buckle
This brass and enamel belt buckle and glass scent bottle with a brass, hinged lid, were both personal items of the author George Eliot.
Transcript of hand written label:
This clasp and scent bottle ...
School Bell
This school bell is thought to have come from the boarding school that George Eliot attended in Coventry, from the age of thirteen. The school was run by Rebecca Franklin, whose cultivated dialect was ...
South Farm, interior.
Mary Ann was born at South Farm, Arbury Hall estate on 22nd November 1819 the family moved four or five months later to Griff House on the outskirts of the Arbury estate. Her father Robert Evans was ...
South Farm, parlour.
Mary Ann was born at South Farm, Arbury Hall estate on 22nd November 1819 the family moved four or five months later to Griff House on the outskirts of the Arbury estate. Her father Robert Evans was ...
Staffordshire Dogs
This pair of dogs are china representations of King Charles Spaniels. It is possible that they are the pair mentioned in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (1860).
George Eliot (born Mary Ann ...
Supper Service
This ceramic service set belonged to George Eliot, and was given as a wedding gift, at her marriage to John Cross in 1880. It consists of a tureen and four accompanying dishes and is decorated with a ...
Tea pot stand
This oak teapot stand, with brass feet belonged to George Eliot. It is unknown who carved this piece. It may have been George Eliot’s friend Elma Stuart, or George Eliot herself.
George Eliot (born ...
The Elms School House, Nuneaton
The Elms School House, Vicarage Street, Nuneaton run by Mrs Wallington postcard by Speight.
Note: George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, ...
The Elms School, Nuneaton
The Elms School, Vicarage Street, Nuneaton run by Mrs Wallington. Mary Ann was a boarder here between 1828-32.
Postcard printed in Berlin.
Note: George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local ...
The Elms School, Nuneaton
The Elms School, Vicarage Street, Nuneaton run by Mrs Wallington Mary Ann was a boarder at the school between 1828-32.
(postcard by Speight)
Note: George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local ...
Tray Cloth
This tray cloth belonged to the local author George Eliot. It is thought to have been embroidered by George Eliot and her school friends.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress ...
Writing Slope
This writing slope, with its mother of pearl inlay and elaborate decoration, was the property of author George Eliot.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry ...