VINTAGE ROWLAND WARD Ltd Taxidermy Horse Hoof postal scales Piccadilly London

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Here we have a VINTAGE ROWLAND WARD Ltd Taxidermy Horse Hoof postal scale Piccadilly London
horse hoof is mounted with a set of postal scales there is also a pair of brass weights.The scales have come unstuck from the hoof so this would need re sticking.I have left them uncleaned as i found them this can be left to buyer if they wish to clean them. Judging from the postal rates on the scales 4 oz at 1d would date these c1897 a great bit of history.see photo's for full condition.
James Rowland Ward (1848–1912) was a British taxidermist and founder of the firm Rowland Ward Limited of Piccadilly, London. The company specialised in and was renowned for its taxidermy work on birds and big-game trophies, but it did other types of work as well. In creating many practical items from antlers, feathers, feet, skins, and tusks, the Rowland Ward company made fashionable items (sometimes known as Wardian furniture) from animal parts, such as zebra-hoof inkwells, antler furniture, and elephant-feet umbrella stands.
Rowland Ward was also a well-known publisher of natural history books and big-game hunting narratives. The most famous and enduring Rowland Ward Ltd. product is the Records of Big Game series of books, which started in 1892 and is now in its twenty-ninth edition (2014). These books contain measurements of game animals from all over the world and is the oldest such series of books in existence.
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