Dug-out seat - back
This partly-painted seat is made from a solid piece of a birch tree trunk. It has an arched back, a pierced carrying-handle, a solid seat and a waisted plinth base. Dug-out seats used to be known as 'treetrunk ...
Dug-out seat - detail of back
This partly-painted seat is made from a solid piece of a birch tree trunk. It has an arched back, a pierced carrying-handle, a solid seat and a waisted plinth base. Dug-out seats used to be known as 'treetrunk ...
Dug-out seat - front
This partly-painted seat is made from a solid piece of a birch tree trunk. It has an arched back, a pierced carrying-handle, a solid seat and a waisted plinth base. Dug-out seats used to be known as 'treetrunk ...
Family Group
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a family group (father, mother, son and daughter) seated indoors, but the family are unknown. The two children are holding books which might be prayer books ...
Fire Screen
A Victorian carved wood fire screen, with ornate carving of birds, berries, flowers and pine cones by Kendall of Warwick. The embroidered panel depicts a game bird in a garland of flowers, made c.1837-1919....
Foot Stool
This footstool was the property of author George Eliot. The tapestry's red leaf design is thought to have been sewn by George Eliot herself.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress ...
Four-legged stool
This West Country stool has a square seat and four plain legs. It is made of elm and pine. It dates from the 19th century.
Height 268mm, Length 262mm, Depth 262mm
Four-legged stool
This rectangular stool is made of ash, and has four ring-turned splayed legs. It comes from England's West Country, and is dated from the 19th century. Height 348mm, Length 390mm, Depth 282mm
Grandfather Clock
An eight day automated musical Grandfather clock, 1770, by the Deacon family of Barton-In-The-Beans, Leicestershire. The clock strikes every hour on a single bell and the musical train plays seven tunes, ...
Green-painted Windsor armchair
This armchair is made of ash. It has in-curved front arm-supports nailed to ring-turned uprights, on ring-turned legs joined by stretchers. There are seven sticks at the back. The old dark green paint ...
Griff House, interior.
Griff House, interior.
Mary Ann's home between 1820-41, the family moved here when she was 4 or 5 months old. She referred to it as "..my old, old home" (Gordon Haight's George Eliot's Letters, Volume ...
High-back settle
This winged settle is made of painted pine. It has a slightly curved outline, with a plank back and shaped ends extending to the feet. It comes from England's West Country and dates from the early 19th ...
Irish Windsor armchair
This is a red-painted ash chair with a perched curved bar, toprail and arms raised on front supports. It has a solid seat and four splayed legs. It comes from Ireland and dates from the 19th century. ...
Jewellery Box
This is an Oriental building shaped box. The front of the house opens to reveal four removable boxes inside. The lid is in the shape of a roof, and can be removed to make two trays. There are also two ...
Lace Box - open
This wooden box was used to store lace by local author George Eliot. In common with many Victorian ladies George Eliot adorned her clothing with lace.
George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local ...
Lace Box - sale label
Interesting provenance label on the lid of the lace box. This refers to the sale by the estate of Mrs Charles Lee Lewes at Sotheby's 27 June 1923. [see Painting of Dante for another item from this sale].
This ...
Ladle
This wooden ladle is from Ghana. It has a carved and pierced decorative handle, that features snakes, a frog and a lizard. At the top of the handle there are two carved 'thrones'.
Lamp
A tall lamp with a heavy square metal base and a tall white tube. It has metal fixings at the top.