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 Originally made from bear fat from Russia (hence the Russian bear on the image) and perfumed with rose otto, Bear?s grease was applied to the hair in the belief that it both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.