Hair Receiver

[kidden6968]

I also found this neat little hair receiver that is marked "Hand Painted Nippon" on the bottom. 

I hope these pics are clear enough but I was trying to find approximate age or any other information.

Thanks everyone!!

[KC]

Beautiful hair receiver!

We don't see these on the site!  Most people don't know what they are.  They were very common and prized during the Victorian era to early 1900's.

"135. Mark: "M" standing for "Morimura" in a wreath, crowned by "Hand painted" and below, NIPPON. Date: Introduced in 1911 and possible in use until 1921. The first reported U.S. registry for a Noritake back stamp for importing is 1911. Noritake first produced dinnerware for the American market in 1914. A piece of the dinnerware in the Noritake factory in Nagoya shows that the pattern was The Sedan (11292), a white body with cream border with a small spray of flowers. It bears a typical back stamp of Noritake, the letter "M" in a wreath and the words "Hand painted." http://gotheborg.com/marks/noritake.shtml

[kidden6968]

Thanks KC - well I didn't know what it was for either - thought it might be for cotton balls  LOL  Until I started googling pictures.  Then I looked up what a hair receiver was for and I don't think I will be using it for that purpose  LOL

I think I will hold onto this but wondering if I did want to list this, what would be a range of value?

[KC]

Prices vary for them.  Also area of country, demand.

Being an individual yours will sell in the range of $15 - $30

Yours has a more "modern" look to it - so average it at $22.

[mart]

And just in case you did not know,, Nippon is not a brand as some think,, it simply means Japan, or "Island in the Sun" as the Japanese people called it !!

[kidden6968]

Thanks everyone!!