Gift Guides

Tall Tavern Shrub Glass

This conical Tall Tavern Shrub Glass with our signature "W" on the base is the perfect vessel for drinks, colonial style. Serve up a traditional shrub cocktail, your favorite brew, or soft drinks in this fun glass. Makes a great gift for foodies and...

India Garden Fabric

Our India Garden reproduction fabric is adapted from an original chintz textile fragment in Colonial Williamsburg's collections dated to 1710-1730 (Object 2007-96). Our 18th century reproduction fabric is digitally printed on 100% lightweight...

Tobacco Flower Herbal Exfoliating Soap Bar

Refresh and renew your skin with our Tobacco Flower Herbal Exfoliating Soap bar. This soap bar is made exclusively for us using all-natural vegan ingredients, including a vegetable soap base enriched with shea butter, cocoa butter,...

Vanilla Bourbon Herbal Exfoliating Soap Bar

Refresh and renew your skin with our Vanilla Bourbon Herbal Exfoliating Soap bar. This soap bar is made exclusively for us using all-natural vegan ingredients, including a vegetable soap base enriched with shea butter, cocoa butter,...

Lavender & Thyme Herbal Exfoliating Soap Bar

Refresh and renew your skin with our Lavender & Thyme Herbal Exfoliating Soap bar. This generously sized soap bar is made exclusively for us using all-natural vegan ingredients, including a vegetable soap base enriched with shea...

"'Tis Liberty of Choice that Sweetens Life" Verse Dish

This petite porcelain ring tray from Mottahedeh features the quote, 'Tis Liberty of Choice that sweetens Life' from Susanna Centrlivre's popular 18th century comedic play, A Bold Stroke for a Wife. Makes a great gift for a friend or loved one. Features ...

"A Friend With Chocolate" Verse Dish

Look no farther for a beautiful - and humorous - gift for a friend than this petite porcelain verse dish featuring the quote, "There is nothing better than a friend unless it's a friend with chocolate." Use this dish for rings, keys, or in this case -...

Blue & White Round Flower Necklace with Crystals by Anne Koplik

Elegance is budding in this floral pendant featuring a disc framed by exquisite filigree details, with a hand enameled floral design and brilliant crystal accent. A mother/daughter museum visit inspired this exclusive hand enameling technique, which...

Blue & White Oval Flower Pendant Necklace with Crystals by Anne Koplik

Beauty blooms in this flowery necklace. This large filigree oval pendant features blue and white flowers on a rich indigo background, with crystal accents. As part of the Jill’s Garden Collection, these vintage inspired earrings showcase a unique...

Blue & White Flower Crystal Stud Earrings by Anne Koplik

Inspired by a mother-daughter visit to an NYC museum, Jill created this blooming collection of breathtaking, hand enameled designs for all to treasure! Jill has passed on her secrets of design, by having one-on-one training with each of our talented...

Blue & White Oval Earrings with Crystals by Anne Koplik

Inspired by a mother-daughter visit to an NYC museum, Jill created this blooming collection of breathtaking, hand enameled designs for all to treasure! Jill has passed on her secrets of design, by having one-on-one training with each of our talented...

The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

Go on a literary journey with preeminent legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar! In his 800+ page book, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, Amar covers the history of the American Constitution's formative decades.  When...

First Principles

In First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks offers a revelatory book about the...

Craft: An American History

At the center of the United States' economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry and technology—while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned historian Glenn Adamson turns that...

A History of Tea

As the world's most popular beverage, tea has fascinated us, awakened us, motivated us, and calmed us for well over two thousand years. A History of Tea tells the compelling story of the rise of tea in Asia and its eventual spread to the West and beyond...

Inventing the American Flag

With gorgeous four-color reproductions of an amazing array of art from diverse cultures and eras, Inventing the American Flag explores the symbolism of the national flag and investigates why the founding fathers chose the images they did to represent the...

Bricks: Now and Then

“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Buildings made of brick are found in very different epochs and cultures all over the world. Always astonishing, the qualities of...

Hog Pull Toy

This wooden folk art toy measures 6” H X 6 ¾” L X 3 ½" W. The attached black nylon rope is 12” long and the painted base is embellished with the Colonial Williamsburg logo.

Sheep Pull Toy

This wooden folk art toy measures 6” H X 6 ¾” L X 3 ½" W. The attached black nylon rope is 12” long and the painted base is embellished with the Colonial Williamsburg logo.

Chicken Pull Toy

This wooden folk art toy measures 6” H X 6 ¾” L X 3 ½" W. The attached black nylon rope is 12” long and the painted base is embellished with the Colonial Williamsburg logo.

Blenko Glass Mini 384 Tangerine Water Bottle

This mini version of the Blenko Classic 384 Water Bottle in vibrant tangerine will compliment your tabletop and doubles as a vase for flowers. With two pouring spouts, indentations for easy handling and slim design, this water bottle is a versatile,...

Blenko Glass Mini 384 Ice Blue Water Bottle

This mini version of the Blenko Classic 384 Water Bottle in a lovely shade of ice blue will compliment your tabletop and doubles as a vase for flowers. With two pouring spouts, indentations for easy handling and slim design, this water bottle is a...

Blenko Glass Mini 384 Clear Water Bottle

This mini version of the Blenko Classic 384 Water Bottle made of clear glass will compliment your tabletop and doubles as a vase for flowers. With two pouring spouts, indentations for easy handling and slim design, this water bottle is a versatile,...

Blenko Glass Mini 384 Cobalt Water Bottle

This mini version of the Blenko Classic 384 Water Bottle in classic cobalt blue will compliment your tabletop and doubles as a vase for flowers. With two pouring spouts, indentations for easy handling and slim design, this water bottle is a versatile,...

Blenko Glass 384 Tangerine Water Bottle

The Blenko Classic 384 Water Bottle in vibrant tangerine was originally designed in 1938 to fit the narrow door shelves of early refrigerators. With two pouring spouts, indentations for easy handling and slim design, these water bottles were an instant...

Blenko Glass 384 Clear Water Bottle

The Blenko Classic 384 Water Bottle in clear glass was originally designed in 1938 to fit the narrow door shelves of early refrigerators. With two pouring spouts, indentations for easy handling and slim design, these water bottles were an instant classic...

Blenko Glass 384 Cobalt Water Bottle

The Blenko Classic 384 Water Bottle in classic cobalt blue was originally designed in 1938 to fit the narrow door shelves of early refrigerators. With two pouring spouts, indentations for easy handling and slim design, these water bottles were an instant...

Sterling Silver Drawstring Bracelet

Make a statement with this stunning bracelet by Solvar.  Bracelet features a detailed filigree design with an adjustable draw-string chain. Features Sold exclusively by Colonial Williamsburg Made of sterling silver Filigree detail measures 0...

Ornate Flower Bracelet

Make a statement with this stunning bracelet by Solvar.  Bracelet features a beautiful flower design, embellished with green, peridot crystals. The chain length on this piece can be adjusted to 7.5” or 9.5”. Features Sold exclusively...

Ornate Flower Pendant

Make a statement with this stunning pendant by Solvar. Pendant features a beautiful flower design, embellished with green peridot crystals. Features Sold exclusively by Colonial Williamsburg Made of gold-plated sterling silver Pendant measures 0...

Ornate Flower Stud Earrings

Make a statement with these stunning earrings made by Solvar. Earrings feature a beautiful, ornate flower pattern and are embellished with a green, peridot crystal in the center. Features Sold exclusively by Colonial Williamsburg Made of gold-plated...

George Jackson Garden by Marcia Long Framed Giclee Art Print

The George Jackson Garden Framed Print by Marcia Long features a beautiful landscape as viewed from York Street. The home featured is thought to have been purchased by George Jackson in 1773 or 1774 from Benjamin Waller. During the American Revolution,...

David Morton Garden by Marcia Long Framed Giclee Art Print

The David Morton Garden framed giclée art print by Marcia Long features a beautiful landscape as viewed from Waller Street. Described as a pleasure garden, this space features boxwood parterres and a sprawling arbor covered with muscadine grapes...

Custis Square Archaeological Dig by Marcia Long Framed Giclee Art Print

The Custis Square Archaeological Dig framed giclée art print by Marcia Long features a view of this archaeological site from Francis and Nassau Streets. This four-acre lot was where John Custis IV built his home and garden in the 18th century...

Christiana Campbell’s Tavern by Marcia Long Framed Giclee Art Print

This Christiana Campbell’s Tavern framed giclée art print by local Williamsburg artist Marcia Long features a beautiful watercolor print of one of the most popular historic eateries at Colonial Williamsburg, Christiana Campbell's Tavern...

Blue Bell Tavern Garden by Marcia Long Framed Giclee Art Print

The Blue Bell Tavern Garden framed giclée art print by local Williamsburg artist Marcia Long features a view of the beautiful garden as seen from Waller Street. This watercolor print presents a pastoral view of the garden and its gazebo, framed by...

Melissa Lew Pineapple Stainless Steel Necklace

Giving a thoughtful gift is easy with this Pineapple Pendant Necklace designed for The Shops at Colonial Williamsburg by artist Melissa Lew! The pendant features a pineapple design symbolizing friendship and good cheer. This lovely necklace includes a...

Melissa Lew Scalloped Shell Stainless Steel Necklace

Giving a thoughtful gift is easy with this Scalloped Shell Pendant Necklace designed for The Shops at Colonial Williamsburg by artist Melissa Lew! The pendant features a shell design symbolizing faith and journey. This lovely necklace includes a story...

Melissa Lew Tulip Stainless Steel Necklace

Giving a thoughtful gift is easy with this Tulip Pendant Necklace designed for The Shops at Colonial Williamsburg by artist Melissa Lew! The pendant features a tulip design symbolizing grace and elegance. This lovely necklace includes a story card and...

Melissa Lew Magnolia Blossom Stainless Steel Necklace

Giving a thoughtful gift is easy with this Magnolia Blossom Pendant Necklace designed for The Shops at Colonial Williamsburg by artist Melissa Lew! The pendant features a magnolia design symbolizing beauty, perseverance, and strength. This lovely...

Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

Franklin and Washington: The Founding Partnership is the latest book from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson and is a masterful, first-of-its-kind dual biography of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, illuminating the enduring...

Dove with Wreath Needlepoint Pillow

This charming Dove with Wreath Needlepoint Pillow brings good tidings to all who pass. A traditional symbol of peace for centuries, doves can be found on many folk art pieces in the Colonial Williamsburg collections. This wool needlepoint accent pillow...

Mapping Virginia Book

Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War by William C. Wooldridge is sure to become a treasured addition to your library. As one of the chief gateways to the earliest exploration and settlement of the North American continent,...

American Stories

American Stories by Paul Aron follows the evolution of our founding stories and myths and how they spread far and wide throughout our history. The story of the cherry tree, for example, tells us nothing about George Washington’s actual...

Fife & Drum Novelty Socks

Our brightly colored Fife & Drum Novelty Socks feature a stylized image of our Fife & Drum Corps and "Colonial Williamsburg" woven into the fabric. Made of a cotton/polyester blend to keep your feet cool and comfortable year-round. Makes a fun...