Gift Guides

Colonial Williamsburg Hydrangea Soap Set

This lightly scented Colonial Williamsburg Hydrangea Soap Set gently captures the fragrance of summer's most classic showy bloom. Each bar of triple-milled vegetable soap is enriched with virgin olive oil, just as the finest soaps were in the 18th...

The Journal of Major George Washington

In 1753, Virginia Governor Dinwiddie appointed 21-year-old Major George Washington to a delicate mission - deliver a letter to the local French commander demanding that he and his forces leave British Territory and bargain for support with the local...

Colonial Williamsburg Magnolia Soap Set

Our Colonial Williamsburg Magnolia Soaps are triple-milled vegan soaps enriched with natural olive oil, just as they were in the 18th century. These luxurious soaps are beautifully packaged and make an elegant gift. Features Set of three 4.3...

Colonial Williamsburg Lavender Soap Set

Made with finer, more natural ingredients than your typical lavender soap, our Colonial Williamsburg Lavender Soap Set includes 3 soap bars that are triple-milled and enriched with natural olive oil for a luxurious wash. An elegant gift or luxurious...

Powder of Roses

Indulge yourself, or a friend, with the sweet scent of roses as you dust your skin with this alluring powder and imagine yourself a fine gentry lady of the 18th century. More luxurious than perfume or scented lotion, our special blend combines timeless...

Welcome Pineapple Needlepoint Kit

Craft a Williamsburg "Welcome" for your home with this needlepoint kit. Fun for crafters and a sentimental gift for anyone who likes Williamsburg and loves the needle arts. Kit includes: Printed "Welcome" message on 100% cotton interlock needlepoint...

Jacobean Flowers and Bird Needlepoint Kit

Recreate an image inspired by one of Colonial Williamsburg's many quilted treasures. This colorful needlepoint kit features a bird and flowers in the Jacobean style. Jacobean refers to the period of English history that coincides with the reign of James...

The Cabinetmaker DVD

This DVD, Part 11 of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archive Series: The Trades of Colonial Williamsburg, features The Cabinetmaker Crafting a Card Table. Antique furniture produced in 18th-century Williamsburg serves as patterns for work produced...

Reproduction Wooden Checkers Set

Checkers has been a family favorite for centuries. A must-have in every home, this set of oversized wooden checkers was adapted from an antique set in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation collection. The checkers illustrate different fables from Aesop...

Recipes from the Raleigh Tavern Bake Shop

Gingerbread cookies and other goodies from the Raleigh Tavern Bake Shop bring back delicious memories for generations of Williamsburg visitors. In this cookbook, original recipes from rare 18th-century cookbooks are presented side-by-side with their...

Sterling Silver and Gold Plated Sheep Bead Charm

With our modular bead collection, you can mix and match your favorite memories from your Colonial Williamsburg visit. This sterling silver bead features a sheep design with a gold-plated clover on its coat. Along with the daffodils and tulips, the...

Root Beer of Chowning's Tavern

The same great root beer served in Colonial Williamsburg taverns and restaurants, Chowning's Tavern Root Beer evolved from a colonial beer made by boiling the roots of sassafras, dandelion or licorice to extract their pungent flavors. The brew of 200...

The Williamsburg Cookbook

Once tasted, the food of Williamsburg is not forgotten. Visitors return again and again for Chowning Tavern's Brunswick Stew, Christiana Campbell's Spoon Bread, the Williamsburg Inn's Breast of Turkey Supreme and countless other delicacies. In this...

Lawyer Macaroni Print

This young solicitor in this Lawyer Macaroni Print takes the classic wig-and-gown look of English attorneys a little too far. This print is copied from a late 18th-century English caricature satirizing the excessive Continental fashions and manners of...

Map of Virginia and Maryland 1755

This reproduction map of Virginia is made from is an 18th-century map dating to 1755 researched and created by Thomas Jefferson's father, Peter, an accomplished surveyor, and Joshua Fry, a professor at the College of William and Mary. The original...

Colonial Williamsburg Silver Tone Charm Bangle

Celebrate historic Colonial Williamsburg with the lovely collection of charms on this silver-tone bangle. Each one represents something iconic about the place itself, or about the rich texture of 18th-century life. The largest charm contains the William...

Map of New England 1775

Entitled "Bowles's New Pocket Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England," this highly detailed reproduction Map of New England was originally published in London by Carington Bowles circa 1775. Showing county and township divisions in each of the New...

Jaw Harp

Played since the Middle Ages, this form of mouth harp was especially popular in Scotland, where dancers stepped a jig to its lively, twanging note. The harp is capable of producing only a single note, but players can vary the instrument's tone by...

Map of New France 1719

In 1719 when this Map of New France was printed, France and England were vying to dominate the American continent. (As it turned out, neither would succeed.) Drawn by French cartographer Henri Chatelain and engraved by Nicolas de Fer, this fascinating...

Williamsburg Tree Lighting 3D Brass Ornament

Bring home a sparkling celebration of Williamsburg's annual Christmas tree-lighting tradition with this exclusive Colonial Williamsburg Christmas Tree Ornament. This handsome 3-dimensional collectible ornament is crafted of solid brass with an 18K gold...

Dunmore Coach 3D Ornament

Evocative of the horse-drawn conveyances that transported the royal governors of Virginia, this handsome 3-dimensional coach ornament is crafted of solid brass with a 18K gold wash finish. Expensive and elegant, an 18th-century town coach bespoke money,...

Silver & Marcasite Ribbon Post Earrings

A favorite for generations, marcasite is an elegant choice with innate vintage charm, particularly when paired with sterling silver. Add a little sparkle and shine to your look with these delicate marcasite bow earrings.  Features Bow earrings with...

Fanny's India Floral Reproduction Fabric

The winding yet delicate floral design of Fanny's India Floral Reproduction Fabric is adapted from a skirt panel dating to 1760-1790 in The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's textile collections. Soft red, blue, and purple flowers outlined in black are...

Colonial Williamsburg Hauntings

Based on the official Colonial Williamsburg ghost tours, this book features stories from employees, residents and guests. Here are tales of unexplained alarms, moving chairs and windows, even flying checkerboards - plus spooky images of scenes guests on...

Pierced Heart Sterling Silver Earrings

Inspired by mote spoons in Colonial Williamsburg's collections, this pierced heart design echoes popular 18th-century decorative motifs. Choose this elegant set for a special romantic gift with sophisticated style. Mote spoons, also called "tea strainer"...

Pierced Concave Heart Pendant

Inspired by mote spoons in Colonial Williamsburg's collections, this pierced heart concave design echoes popular 18th-century decorative motifs. Choose this elegant pendant for a special romantic gift with sophisticated style. Mote spoons, also called...

Hennell Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet with Hinge

Wear a piece of history! The Hennell Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet with Hinge is a unique filigree bracelet in sterling silver inspired by an antique silver salt dish in our collections. This cuff bracelet makes a treasured gift for holidays,...

The American Flag: A Handbook of History & Etiquette

A perfect patriotic gift, this handsome guide to the American flag is a concise collection of the history and etiquette of the U.S. flag. The book, bound in hardcover in a distinctive blue leatherette with gold stamping, includes details of the laws...

"Faithles to Non Yet Faithfull to One" Silver Poesy Ring

Declare your loyalty to someone special with this sterling silver poesy ring. The poesy ring is a faithful recreation of the original, now in the collections of the British Museum. The original of this ring, with a delicate floral pattern engraved on the...

Williamsburg Watercolor Note Cards

These reproductions of original watercolor paintings of Historic Area scenes capture the look and feel of historic Colonial Williamsburg long after your visit has ended. Painted by Williamsburg artist Marcia Long, each notecard features a different...

3-D Raleigh Tavern Lantern Ornament

The romance of candlelight—captured in a miniature version to hang on your tree. This solid brass 3-dimentional ornament with 18k gold flash was inspired by a lantern in the front hall of the Raleigh Tavern, where patriots gathered to discuss the...

Early Upholstery Seating

Watch a feature about our restoration expert, Leroy Graves, on CBS Sunday Morning. Leading Colonial Williamsburg conservator Leroy Graves has changed the way collectors and museums regard historic upholstery. Little upholstery from the eighteenth and...

Four Centuries of Quilts: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection

Grand in scope and gorgeous to look at, Four Centuries of Quilts is one of the most important references on quilts and quilting available. Quilts are among the most utilitarian of art objects, yet the best among them possess a formal beauty that rivals...

Garnet and Sterling Silver Dangle Pierced Earrings

An impressive accent for an evening out or Sunday brunch, these beautiful sterling silver earrings with garnet stones would have delighted an 18th-century lady. Wear these lovely earrings to add an element of sophistication to any day of the week. They...

Bilbo Catcher

Ball and cup toys had already been favorite children's toys for many centuries by the time of the settlements in the North American colonies, and they have remained popular throughout American history. In the more difficult Bilbo Catcher variation from...

Plants of Colonial Williamsburg

This guide to the plants in Colonial Williamsburg's gardens describes and discusses two hundred flowers, trees, herbs, and shrubs. The historical background of each plant links it with the colonial period. Brief biographies of early plantsmen explain the...

Sterling Silver Capitol Detail Pendant with Garnet

Baroque scrolls weave together to create the elegant design of this Sterling Silver Capitol Detail Pendant with Garnet. This design is based on scrollwork found in Williamsburg's reconstructed Capitol. Part history, part art, and totally beautiful,...

Ellicott Clock Case Sterling Silver Pendant with Amethyst

Inspired by a motif carved into the side of an antique English clock case dating to 1740, this sterling silver Ellicott Clock Case Sterling Silver Pendant with Amethyst necklace features a design full of movement and whimsy. A profusion of delicate C...

Ellicott Clock Case Sterling Silver Earrings with Amethyst

Inspired by a motif carved into the side of the clock case of an antique English clock dated to 1740, these Ellicott Clock Case Sterling Silver Earrings with Amethyst feature a design full of movement and whimsy. A profusion of delicate C scrolls and...

The Art and Soul of African American Interpretation

The Art and Soul of African American Interpretation is the first book in which African American interpreters themselves reflect on their profession. Six experienced interpreters discuss how they research historical figures and create characters, often...

Townscape Brass Ornament

A sparkling representation of seven of the most important buildings in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area are delicately cut in solid brass with an 18k gold flash finish. This custom-designed, 3-dimentional ornament features the following Historic...

Sterling Silver and Marcasite Pineapple Earrings

These shimmering Sterling Silver and Marcasite Pineapple Earrings were inspired by the many examples of this sweet fruit found on antiques in the Colonial Williamsburg collections. Why not add a little sparkle and shine to your day... or night? Makes a...

Amazing Grace Sterling Silver Bracelet

This beautiful twisted bangle bracelet makes a thoughtful and inspiring gift for a friend or loved one. Bracelet is engraved with: "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That sav'd a wretch like me! I once was lost, But now I'm found, Was blind, but now I...

"If Music Be the Food of Love" Poesy Pendant Necklace

For every music-lover on your gift list, this beautifully engraved sterling silver poesy pendant necklace becomes the ideal keepsake or thank you. In the shape of a musical treble clef, the dangling pendant is engraved with a quote from William...

Spotted Bird Waterpipe Whistle

Also known as a "water pipe" or "water warble," these bird whistles are a classic novelty. Bird whistles were popular with 18th-century children and adults. To use, simply fill the whistle with water and then blow gently through it.For best results,...

Folding Wood Mancala with Glass Stones

Need something new for a road trip or family game night? This high-quality, travel-sized African Stone game, also known as Mancala, is based on a 7,000 year old game that was played by scooping out pits and callas in the sand and, in many instances,...

Sterling Silver and Marcasite Bow Stud Earrings

Sweet and simple meets elegance and shine in these sterling silver marcasite bow stud earrings. Shimmering marcasite was a popular choice for sophisticated colonial ladies because it sparkled in the dim glow of candlelight, reflecting its beauty to all...

Oxford Macaroni Print

During the 18th century, "macaroni" was the satirical term for men who sported elaborate clothing and continental affectations. This reproduction 18th century print lampoons an Oxford student wearing his black robes over an elaborate ensemble. Makes a...