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'Stonehaven' Raised Silver Vessel

MakerAssociated with Megan Falconer (Glasgow, born 1993)

Date2015

Object NameVessel

Mediumsilver

ClassificationsApplied Art

DimensionsOverall (Length x Width x Depth): 60 x 120 x 120 mm

AcquisitionPurchased in 2024 with assistance from Aberdeen Art Gallery Trusts and the National Fund for Acquisitions.

CopyrightAberdeen Art Gallery & Museums has authority to store this work on a digitised database, website and to reproduce this work in the following ways (as detailed above): o Publicising AAGM and its activities o Publicising an Exhibition o Interpretation o Lectures o Digital Storage on AAGM collections management system expressly for use by Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums (Aberdeen City Council) without asking for specific authorisation or paying reproduction or usage fees. 3  I give additional permission to treat all future acquisitions of work by Megan Falconer as indicated in 1 or 2 above.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDMS095800.2

About MeMegan Falconer is an Aberdeen based jeweller and silversmith who creates handcrafted tools using cast rocks from the Scottish landscape. Megan’s handmade tools are used to raise, planish and texture silver vessels and jewellery.

Falconer’s ‘Stonehaven’ hammer and vessel were the first she ever made. They were made in Dundee whilst studying at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. The hammer was made by casting a rock found during a day out to the Aberdeenshire town. Soft metal is used to make the hammerhead, and the texture alters through the process, achieving unique and unexpected surfaces each time it is used. A connection is then formed between the found object, the tool it makes and the piece that is created.