A skull inset with Alaskan Moose antlers

This famous pair of Alaskan Moose Antlers of record book size involve two noted sportsmen. The trophy was bagged by St. George Littedale, a great marksman, who was England's #1 Big Game Hunter. He presented them to his good friend John Guille Millais, a noted hunter himself and one of the finest wildlfe painters. Author of the African classic A Breadth from the Veldt, Millais carefully scraped the antlers down to the white and preceded to embellish them in semi-scrimshaw technique with drawings painted in black Indian ink of big game of North America: moose, bison, wapiti, grizzly, big horn sheep, black bear, mountain goat, dall ram, Indians, totums and foxes. Fired up by his enthusiasm he covered the back of the palms with caribou, prong-horn antelope, charging grizzly, buffalo herds, mule deer bucks and cowboys roping. As a final touch he covered the fore and aft tines with over a hundred duck and geese, including all species native to North America. The extreme spread of the antlers is 65¼ inches and they constitute a unique tribute to the big game of our continent. The moose's skull and horns are mounted on an oak shield.
While still in the White House, Theodore Roosevelt had received a double barrelled Holland Express rifle from an admiring group of noted British Sportsmen. Amongst the fourteen who signed the presentation scroll included St. George Littledale and John G. Millais. Roosevelt used this rifle on his African safari from 1909-1910.
A letter to Russell B. Aitken from John Guille Millais' son Raoul, dated September 12, 1967, mentions his father's work on the antlers.