| Description Of Item | Four printed photographs of a Minoan marble statuette, taken from each angle, in a scrapbook from the collection of John Ritchie. The caption reads: ‘‘Victorian’ Fashions 3500 years ago: A Unique Minoan marble statuette (about 9 inches high) of the Mother Goddess, with long flounced skirt and ‘Wasp’ waist, found in Crete and dating from the early sixteenth century BC – four aspects of the figure, which represents the Great Mother as the maintainer of life, and is the most perfect known example of Minoan art at that period.’ |