A town historically known for silversmithing is hosting an exhibition of early Scottish silver.
The Duff House exhibition shows how the precious metal became such a sought after item over thousands of years.
Featuring spectacular objects found across Aberdeenshire dating from 75 AD to 1000 AD, visitors to the exhibit will also be wowed with video footage of the discoveries.
Included in the display is the Gaulcross hoard excavated in the north-east in 2013 and 2014, where 80 pieces were unearthed dating from the 5C AD, casting new light on early Roman silver recycling.
Corinna Leenen, collections manager, said: “We’re very pleased to be able to bring this fantastic National Museums Scotland touring exhibition to Duff House.
“We’re particularly excited to be exhibiting the Gaulcross hoard, which was discovered not too far from Duff House.
“It sheds some light on what life was like in the north-east of Scotland over one thousand years ago.”
The announcement comes the same week the first five silver spoons to be made using traditional methods in the town in 200 years.
Banff’s recently opened Smiddy Silversmithing centre welcomed five students of varying skill levels to participate in a workshop to make the utensils.
Alison Arrowsmith, workshop coordinator for the Vanilla Ink branch, said: “Our students thoroughly enjoyed this challenging workshop which lasted the full day.
“We had a lovely array of designs and are delighted to see Banff producing silver products again.
“These are the first batch of silver spoons made in Banff in almost 200 years.
“Banff Silver is back.”
The team has also been selected to take part in the Meet your Maker project at Duff House.
Beginning later this month, silversmith Megan Falconer will work with Banff Academy pupils on this projecting the hope of inspiring a new generation of smiths.
The exhibition at Duff House will be on display until March 17 with entry included in admission price for the house.
