Power of Scotland – spotlight on British silver produced north of the border

Of the 24 silversmiths known to have worked in the Aberdeenshire town of Banff from the 17th century until the trade died out in the mid-1800s, William Scott the Elder is the first whose name is recorded.

Moving from Aberdeen, where he had been an incorporated hammerman since 1666, he settled in the ro…

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