HORSES’ HOOFS, DEER SLOTS, FOX, HARE or OTTER PADS cured and mounted in various styles; also FOX BRUSHES and OTTER RUDDERS.
BIRDS AND ANIMALS preserved and mounted.
SKINS cured and mounted as Rugs, or for Wall Decoration.
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF TAXIDERMIST WORK undertaken.
CUSTOMERS ARE PARTICULARLY REQUESTED to ask for WRITTEN estimates, as VERBAL ones are necessarily only approximate, and cannot be recognized as final under any circumstances.
In sending specimen birds or animals in the flesh, also fish intended for presentation or mounting, Customers will oblige by addressing them as follows: Naturalist Department, Harrods, Brompton Road, S.W.
HINTS TO NATURALISTS.
If Customers will observe the following simple directions in sending Specimens for preparation it will ensure them reaching us in good condition.
ANIMALS’ SKINS, if freshly taken off, should be laid out in the air (not in the sun) skin side up until they can be despatched to us, which should be done as quickly as possible. Fold the skin up hair outwards, with some straw or shavings between to prevent the skin coming together. If the weather is very hot sprinkle some salt on the skin as soon as it is taken off the animal. ALWAYS KEEP skins, heads, etc., as dry as possible.
FOX BRUSHES should have a tapered piece of stick inserted into them after the tail is drawn out.