Originally Posted by McQuilter
in the "olden days" everyone had a hair receiver on their dresser. Usually a pretty china box with a hole in the top where they would clean out combs and brushes and deposit it in the hair receiver for future use.
OMgosh...I have a dresser set that was my grandmother's - a brush, comb, hand mirror, and a lidded box with a hole in the top. The set is beautiful, with mother of pearl. I have ALWAYS wondered why the container had the hole in the top! It never ceases to amaze me what I learn on this board :D