sculpture statue
description: One of two stone images from the ruins of the Great Temple of Majoput, Java.
creator: Thomson, Alexander
contributor: Thomson, Alexander
relation: stone
format: _690 mm W_ 210 mm

sculpture statue
subject: Ganesha Ganapati
description: Stone image, 'Granaptic God of Luck' from the ruins of the Great Temple of Majoput, Java. See Thomson Catalogue, 1847-1848, notes on pp20-21:' Idols from Java'. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'Was at Museum Entrance, now in New Museum'
creator: Thomson, Alexander
contributor: Thomson, Alexander
relation: stone
format: H: 800 mm W: 450 mm

watch
description: Silver watch, oblong octagon in shape. Designed to have only one pointer. Dial plate has a pastoral scene with houses, outside case decorated with designs which include branches of trees. Said to have been John Knox's watch, presented to him by Queen Mary, and handed down as an heirloom. N.Forfaict.a.Paris
creator: Thomson, Alexander Mr
date: Early: 1600 Late: 1700 Period
contributor: Thomson, Alexander
format: L: 38 mm W: 29 mm

bird sculpture
description: Roughly shaped piece of granite, 'bird' shaped?
creator: Thomson, Alexander Mr
relation: stone granite
format: L: 370 mm W: 150 mm
coverage: Associated place: Europe Scotland North.East.Scotland Kirkyard Kinellar Aberdeenshire

beaker pot
description: Beaker, decoration: impressed comb & incisions. Was found in August 1817 with another beaker (now lost) in 'long' cist.
creator: Thomson, Alexander Mr
date: Dates: Early: -2900 Late: -1800 Period: LNEO EB
contributor: Thomson, Alexander
relation: clay fired.clay pottery
format: L (height): 161 mm W (dia. rim): 132 mm W (dia.b

cabinet plaster.casts
description: Cedar wood cabinet with 9 drawers containing plaster casts of gems executed by Bartolomeo and Pietro Paoletti, No 49 Piazza Di Spagna, Roma.. Three hundred casts depict Roman History, in Drawers I to VI, 26 casts from work of Canova in Drawer VII, 25 casts from work of Thorwaldsin in Drawer VIII, and 24 casts of 'Celebrated Italians' in Drawer IX.
creator: Thomson, Alexander Mr
date: Early: 1700 Late: 1819
contributor: Thomson, Alexander Mr
relation: wood cedar plaster

book manuscript
description: Book/manuscript written on palm leaves with wooden covers. Accompanying letter from Hugh G Mair, Batavia, states 'Purchased in Surabaya, Java, from a Madoerese native. Believed to be a translation of Koran in either Javanese or Madoerese'. Probably presented by Christ College Museum as letter heading is 'Church of Scotland College Library, Alford Place, Aberdeen.
creator: Hugh G Mair
relation: vegetable.fibre palm.leaf wood
format: L: 440 mm W: 110 mm

medal
description: Gold medal awarded to Alexander Thomson of Banchory-Devenick 1834. Inscription: Highlands and Agricultural Society of Scotland report on settling crofters on waste ground
creator: Thomson, Alexander
date: Early: 1834 Late: 1834
contributor: Thomson, Alexander
relation: metal gold

medal
description: Silver medal awarded to Alexander Thomson of Banchory-Devenick, 1832. Inscription: Aberdeenshire Horticultural Society celery
date: Early: 1832 Late: 1832
contributor: Thomson, Alexander Mr
relation: metal silver
coverage: Europe Scotland Aberdeenshire

medal
subject: prize medal
description: Presented to Alexander Thomson Esq of Banchory, by the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, for a report on the cultivation of chicory and flax in Belgium, 1837. Inscription: SEMPER ARMIS NUNC ET INDUSTRIA Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland Inst MDCCLXXXIV report on the cultivation of chicory and flax in Belgium
creator: Thomson, Alexander Mr
date: Early: 1837 Late: 1837
contributor: Thomson, Alexander
relation: metal silver