hair receiver, an antique vanity item popular from the Victorian era through the 1950s. 

Description and Use

• Description: A hair receiver is a small ceramic or porcelain pot, often with a decorative, hand-painted floral design like the one pictured, and a lid with a hole in the center. The example in the image also features gold-tone trim and embossed details.

• Purpose: Victorian women used these jars to collect strands of hair from their brushes. The collected hair, sometimes called "hair rats," was then used to add volume to elaborate hairstyles of the era, or occasionally used to create hair art or jewelry. 

CURRENT USES

Cotton Balls

Q Tips

Tooth Picks

Sugar

Make Up Brushes

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