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Decorative plate from George Eliot’s childhood home in Nuneaton.

Decorative plate with pattern around the edges. Illustration of a cottage and waterwheel. There are trees around it and a figure in the foreground.
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around 1830-1840
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A decorative plate thought to have come from George Eliot’s childhood home, Griff House in Nuneaton. The illustration shows a cottage or mill with a water wheel on the side of the building sending water into a nearby stream.

Deposited at Warwickshire Museum.