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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Trevor Wood, the National Archives

The David Livingstone Silver Salver Prospectus

Published: Precious Metalsware,

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These salvers - 26 cm in diameter with a weight of not less than 15 troy ounces of sterling silver - were restricted to 500 copies. The lot item is the prospectus.

Light board covers, printed in brown and blue to the front, into which are side-stitched 8 pages, of which the first is printed in colour and the others in brown, a tissue leaf front and back, the first printed in brown and the second plain. 

A relief bust of Livingstone occupies the centre of the salver, with miniatures of 

  • Queen Victoria
  • Sir Leander Starr Jameson
  • Mary Ann Cosgrove: Mother Patrick OSD
  • Lobengulu
  • Charles Dunnell Rudd
  • Henry Hartley
  • Frederick Courteney Selous
  • Thomas Baines
  • Thomas Morgan Thomas
  • James Chuma
  • Father Peter Prestage
  • Robert Moffat
  • Mary Moffat
  • Cecil John Rhodes

around the rim. The prospectus includes photographs, dates and a brief biography of Livingstone and each of the others.

CONDITION. The booklet is complete, unmarked and unfoxed. The last leaf is wrinkled towards the outer edge (though complete: see the last image).

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Near Very Good
  • Size: 200 x 260
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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