receiver
Province of New Brunswick, Heritage Branch
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| Nom de l'objet : | receiver |
| Type de l'objet : | hair |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | personal artifacts |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | toilet article |
| Discipline : | Social History |
| Matériaux : | ceramic, porcelain |
| Technique de fabrication : | painted, hand |
| Numéro d'accession : | NB 982.7.802 A |
| Nom de la collection : | Doak Collection |
| Province d'utilisation : | New Brunswick |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
| Culture : | British ? English Canadian |
| Date de début de production : | 1830 circa |
| Date de fin de production : | 1900 circa |
| Description : | White hair receiver. Exterior is ribbed. Has small fuschia and pink flowers with cream coloured centres and green leaves. Rim is covered in iron red paint and some gold trim. |
| Fonctions : | The hair receiver, usually identified by the finger-wide hole in the lid for inserting hair, is a toilet article commonly found on a woman's dressing table in the mid-1800s to the early to mid-decades of twentieth century. Its purpose was to save hair culled from the hairbrush and comb, which were used vigorously on a daily basis. Hair was not washed on a daily basis. Instead, the hair was brushed and combed vigorously up to several times a day, and oils were often used to add shine and scent to hair. Hair culled from combs and brushes was saved in the hair receiver, and then used to stuff pincushions. The oil in the hair lubricated the pins, and made it easier to pierce material. Another use for the hair was to stuff small pillows " it was much softer than prickly pinfeathers! The hair saved in hair receivers was also used to make "ratts," a secret beauty aid that added volume and fullness to the hair. Ratts were made by stuffing a small ball of hair into a sheer hair net until it was about the size of a potato, sewing it shut and inserting it into a hairstyle. Hair was often twisted and arranged to create the appearance of height and the look of an oval or round shape to the face " Victorians believed a wide and high forehead was a sign of virtue. A woman could then truthfully say it was her own hair! The use of rats became so popular that it prompted the following sardonic advice from Godey's Lady's Magazine: "When a lady is in danger of drowning, raise her by the dress and not by the hair, which oftentimes remains in the grasp." It has also been said that hair in saved in receivers was used to make wigs, jewelry, love tokens and mourning mementos, but this was not necessarily the case. Straight, not tangled hair, was needed for these purposes, and therefore, was intentionally cut from the young lady's tresses. |
| Hauteur : | 6.2 |
| Diamètre extérieur : | 93.3 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 2 |
| Nom des parties composantes : | receiver cover |
| Établissement : | Province of New Brunswick, Heritage Branch |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Fredericton |
| Province de l'établissement : | New Brunswick |
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