a silver hound’s head stirrup cup, maker’s mark C&R over C (not traced), London 1925, naturalisti

a silver hound’s head stirrup cup, maker’s mark C&R over C (not traced), London 1925, naturalistically cast and chased, engraved to the collar George William from his Godfather Raoul Millais, March 28th 1934, the interior gilt, 9cm (3.5in) high, 205g (6.5 oz) Provenance: from the home of a late gentleman of title, Worcestershire raoul Millais (1901-1999) was the grandson of the Victorian artist Sir John Everett Millais. He was a very successful and accomplished equestrian artist and, to quote Sally Mitchell in her Dictionary of Equestrian Artists, In working on hunting commissions he was able to hunt with almost all the packs in England. see lot 8 for a painting by Millais from the same collection