Ceramic Atkinson's Bear's Grease pot lid
Ceramic pot lid for Atkinson's Bear's Grease, costing 5 shillings. Bear's grease became a popular hair-restoring pomade during the second half of the 1700s, when the wearing of wigs fell out of fashion. Originally made from bear fat from Russia (hence the Russian bear on the image) and perfumed with rose otto, Bear's grease was applied to the hair in the belief that it both revived and strengthened hair growth
Picture No
11041681
Media ID
46870891
Size
6000px x 4004px
(4.8MB)
Credit
(c)Maurice Collins Images Collection /Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph of an original object in the Maurice Collins Collection
Date
1885
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