tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post7513523183779238356..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: The Victorian Hair-GuardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-47291008809160491122019-02-10T21:14:52.319-05:002019-02-10T21:14:52.319-05:00It acts like a watchchain does. . . .attaches to t...It acts like a watchchain does. . . .attaches to the watch and then through a buttonhole on a waistcoat or jacket to try to deter watch-thieves. Cheaper than a watch-chain and less flashy for a "decent" schoolmaster.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699714529297258388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-50056040090489767212018-03-04T12:18:11.403-05:002018-03-04T12:18:11.403-05:00Bradley Headstone wore one in Our Mutual Friend,bu...Bradley Headstone wore one in Our Mutual Friend,but he certainly had no sweetheart to make one for him. I cannot work out what it actually is for or how it protects a watch.<br />MC Warnock.MC Warnocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-58995753813289672932014-05-24T13:24:41.961-04:002014-05-24T13:24:41.961-04:00Karen Anne, the subject of Dickens's payment d...Karen Anne, the subject of Dickens's payment deserves its own post--which is why I didn't go into detail here--but which I hope to have ready either this or the following week. Cynthia, thank you for the added enlightenment. We've been looking for a video of the process--so if anybody finds one, please let us know!LorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-70887164625005912542014-05-22T22:35:44.172-04:002014-05-22T22:35:44.172-04:00I love literary references to such things as hair...I love literary references to such things as hair guards. I don't think I had ever figured out what it was. Also thanks Cynthia for the explanation about hair receivers. I had heard of these but hadn't really put it together with the hair art.<br /><br />AnnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-77367126564637754282014-05-22T09:09:06.407-04:002014-05-22T09:09:06.407-04:00Yes, watch fobs made of hair - preferably that of ...Yes, watch fobs made of hair - preferably that of a loved one - were quite common at that time. It would take too long to describe here, but I know the means whereby the intricate weaving of these pieces are constructed. Suffice it to say that ladies saved their hair in a special jar, with a hole in its lid, known as a "hair receiver" on their dressing table. Then they made hairpieces for their hair for more volume, or it was woven into articles such as these fobs, made of hair.Cynthia Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550592770287010816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-50872790825035082032014-05-22T06:32:10.136-04:002014-05-22T06:32:10.136-04:00Paid by the word, that was done in my youth when I...Paid by the word, that was done in my youth when I wrote a newspaper column. Are you saying that it wasn't done in Dickens' time, or that it was not done with Dickens?Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.com