Antique Hand Painted Porcelain Powder Box Jar Hair Receiver Set Victorian Vintage Vanity Boudoir
Antique hand painted porcelain powder box jar hair receiver set victorian vintage vanity boudoir. Here are two lovely items that can be repurposed to hold a variety of things. The set is comprised of a powder jar and matching hair receiver. Lift the lids and keep your loose change, jewelry or secret stash inside.
These lovely little boxes are a round shape and the lids are a nice concave dome. Both the bases and lids are beautifully hand painted with pink roses and lush foliage against an offwhite white background.
The edges are lavishly gilded for an elegant touch. The powder jar measures 4" diameter x 3" tall. The hair receiver measures 4" diameter x 2.25" tall. Dating to the late 1890s victorian era to the early 1900s edwardian period, the set is in very good condition for something over 100 years old.
There is wear to the gold trim and on the finial of the powder jar. The hair receiver has a repair under the rim of the lid, see photo.Reduced price reflects the flaw noted. The antique porcelain hair receiver is a box that was originally a utilitarian item meant to hold loose strands of hair, but still remained a feminine accent of the dressing table. A hair receiver is a small pot, with a hole in the lid, kept on the dressing table in the victorian era to store hair removed from brushes and combs.
The hair was recycled in a number of waysnotably for stuffing small bags, about (3-4) across, called ratts, used to bulk out women's hairstyles. The sweet powder box matches the hair receiver beautifully. I love hair receivers because they make great receptacles to hold antique swansdown powder puffs, especially those with tall, rigid celluloid, silver or bone handles.
Unlike using a regular powder box to store a puff, whose lid could press down against the handle and ruin your puff, the powder puff's handle can go right through the hole in the lid of the hair receiver and not be damaged. Hair receivers also make great little stash boxes for your cotton balls, jewelry, cotton swabs, bobby pins, buttons and other small goodies. I even know of a friend who stores her packets of sugar substitutes in a hair receiver, i thought that was a neat idea.
Overall, a pretty antique porcelain trinket or vanity box for your dressing table. I have matching pieces available in separate listings: large vanity tray and small pin tray. This item is made of porcelain.