Skip to main content
Tablespoon by Alexander Forbes
Alexander Forbes
Tablespoon by Alexander Forbes
Tablespoon by Alexander Forbes

Alexander Forbes

View All Objects
About MeForbes served his apprenticeship in the 1720s, first with George Walker and then with his son John Walker. He was admitted as a Goldsmith Burgess in 1728 and worked until the 1740s. He seems to mainly have produced flatware, although like many of the men working at this time we lack precise details about his work. In 1733 his business was taken over by William Jamieson, who is well represented in the Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums Collection.
Raban Plaque St Nicholas Kirk
Edward Raban
Worcestershire, England, 1579 - 1658
Image Not Available for Francis Peacock
Francis Peacock
York, England, 1723 - 1807
Patch Box by James Gordon
James Gordon
Aberdeen, Scotland, active c.1766 - 1806
George Jamieson
George Jamieson
Aberdeen, Scotland, active 1841 - 1875
George Jamesone
George Jamesone
Aberdeen, Scotland, c.1589 - 1644
H.W. and L. Dee
H.W. and L. Dee
London, England, 1827 - 1884
Silver- Gilt Enammelled Casket Handicraft Company Newcastle
Richard G Hatton
1865 - 1926
Black and white photograph showing the office of the Shipmaster Society at Regent Quay, c.1910
Aberdeen Shipmaster Society
Sir James Guthrie
Sir James Guthrie
Greenock, Scotland, 1859 - 1930
Peter George Wilson
Peter George Wilson
Keith, Moray, 1843 - 1925
Andrew Walker
Andrew Walker
Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1959
Robert Charles Forbes
Robert Charles Forbes
New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1880 - 1954
Frances Walker
Frances Walker
Kirkcaldy, Scotland, born 1930
John Barbour
John Barbour
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1316 - 1395
Jimmy Allan
Jimmy Allan
Morayshire, Scotland, 1912 - 1971
Stuart Devlin
Stuart Devlin
Geelong, Australia, born 1931
Zulus Entering Aberdeen Harbour
Kenneth M. Sibley
London, England, 1913 - 1983
Un Marais Dans Les Landes by Theodore Rousseau
Theodore Rousseau
Paris, France, 1812 - 1867
Eclipse, Auxiliary Steam Whaler
Alexander Hall and Company
Ship builders; 1811 - 1958
Rock Drill Arrangement
John M. Henderson & Co. Ltd.
Aberdeen, Scotland, founded 1866
Star of the Isles, Invitation to launch at Hall Russell & Co. Ltd.
Mr John Shand Fraser
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1900 - 1986
Paul Lawrie
Paul Lawrie
Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1969
Professor John Stuart Blackie
Professor John Stuart Blackie
Glasgow, Scotland, 1809 - 1895
Two Silver Communion Beakers from St Clement's Church made by George Booth and Sons
George Booth & Sons
Aberdeen, Scotland, active 1815 - 1850