Gift Guides

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...

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...

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...

Wavy Floral Reproduction Fabric

Wavy Floral Reproduction Fabric is inspired by a block printed cotton gown dating to 1780 in The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's textile collections. The design features undulating and intertwining vines with thin floral trails in colors of brown,...

Mother's Heart Sterling Silver Bow & Locket Pendant

Inspired by a 1769 locket advertisement, this heart-shaped locket is suspended from a little bow. Place a tiny picture inside and keep your loved one close to your heart at all times.  Features Woman's Size Locket Based on 1769 Locket...

Petite Scroll Hoop Earrings

Small, graceful scrolls of sterling silver are just the right mix of simple and ornate. These pierced Petite Scroll Hoop Earrings coordinate easily with any outfit.  Features Sterling silver Historically inspired 1/2" dia. petite...

Medium Scroll Hoop Earrings

Small, graceful scrolls of sterling silver are just the right mix of simple and ornate. These pierced Medium Scroll Hoop Earrings coordinate easily with any outfit.  Features Precious metal earrings Sterling silver Historically inspired 3/4"...

Purple Amethyst Sterling Silver Scroll Ring

Our Purple Amethyst Sterling Silver Scroll Ring features a striking amethyst stone in an emerald cut shape gracefully set in a delicate sterling silver scrollwork band. Amethyst is the birthstone for February and the gemstone for the 6th...

Reproduction Colonial Money - Set B

This set of reproduction Colonial and Revolutionary currency includes various denominations and sizes. Set B includes 1 each of the following notes: 20 Dollars - United States 1778,  4 Dollars - North Carolina 1778, 8 Dollars - Massachusetts Bay...

Magnolia Pump Top Lotion

This Colonial Williamsburg Magnolia Lotion is a lovely accessory for your vanity. Our exclusive magnolia lotion is sure to make guests feel welcome. With a light scent, it also makes a great gift. The lotion with shea butter soothes and softens the skin...

Magnolia Liquid Hand Soap

Our Magnolia Liquid Hand Soap has a light scent of magnolia blooms and is sure to make guests feel welcome. A lovely accent for your vanity or as a special gift for a friend. Features Light Magnolia scent 16 oz. Pump top WILLIAMSBURG exclusive! Made in...

Hydrangea Liquid Hand Soap

Colonial Williamsburg's Hydrangea Liquid Hand Soap is sure to make guests feel welcome to your home! The liquid soap is lightly scented with fresh hydrangea. The pump top soap dispense features a beautiful label with hydrangea artwork. Makes a lovely...

Lavender Pump Top Lotion

A lovely accessory for your vanity our Lavender Pump Top Lotion is sure to make guests feel welcome. With a light scent, it makes a great gift. The pump top lotion with shea butter soothes and softens the skin. Pair it with the hand soap and bar soap set...

Lavender Liquid Hand Soap

A lovely accessory for your vanity our Lavender Liquid Soap is sure to make guests feel welcome. With a light scent, it also makes a great gift.  Features Light lavender scent 16 oz. each Pump top WILLIAMSBURG exclusive! Made in USA Ingredients...

Child's Compass Fan

Children's fans often served as memory aids and were printed with dance steps, maps, words to songs and etiquette tips. Thus, a girl could keep her lessons close at hand in social situations. The compass fan is inspired by scenes of youthful instruction...

Colonial Williamsburg Fifer Ornament

This Colonial Williamsburg Fifer Ornament is a detailed replica of a marching soldier from the Fife & Drum Corps. The fifer wears a red and blue American Revolutionary War uniform. This Christmas ornament makes a wonderful addition to your tree and a...

"Love Bears All Things" Verse Dish

Saint Paul's words speak more to the long-term day-to-day reality of love than its starry-eyed first blast. Porcelain verse dishes offer kind thoughts and sage advice. Perfect for a dresser top or foyer table, or to remind faraway friends and family of...

Trailing Blossoms on Cream Reproduction Fabric

Trailing blossoms on Cream Reproduction Fabric has vines of dark pink and blue-green buds and blossoms on a cream white background. This reproduction 18th-century fabric is adapted from an original bed hanging in the collections of The Colonial...

Holiday Fare Cookbook

Hot Cranberry Wassail! Cheese and Chive Crisps! Buttery Rum Pumpkin Pie! Sixty easy-to-follow recipes from Executive Chef John Gonzales are featured in the Holiday Fare Cookbook, including historic local flavors from Colonial Williamsburg's famed...

Blue Bird Waterpipe Whistle

This Blue 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...

Pewter Jefferson Cup

Designed by Thomas Jefferson himself, this plain pewter cup makes an ideal gift. Personalize by engraving a monogram, initial, crest, or sentimental inscription. Perfect to fill with Christmas punch or Derby Day juleps, paperclips or pennies, cuff links...

Reproduction Pewter Salt Trencher

This simple and elegant reproduction pewter salt trencher was reproduced from an antique in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation collections. Spices were costly in the 18th century and spice accessories like this would convey the status of its owner...

Pumpkin Spice Syrup

Make a splash at your table this year with delicious pumpkin spice syrup. Packed with pumpkin puree and traditional holiday spices, this syrup offers a flavor second only to mom's pumpkin pie. For colonial Americans, the pumpkin, or pompion as it was...

Brig Georgiana Pillow

Functional art for comfortable living. This needlepoint ship pillow is a work of art in wool yarns to re-create 19th-century paintings of famous sailing vessels, the Brig Georgiana . A throw pillow worthy of the living room yet beautiful in the sun room...

"America" Schooner Yacht Needlepoint Throw Pillow

This America Schooner Yacht Needlepoint Throw Pillow is painstakingly worked in wool yarns to re-create a 19th-century painting in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation collections of a famous sailing vessel, the schooner yacht America. We love this...

Spirit of '76 Drum

This beautiful Spirit of '76 toy drum masterfully re-creates the drum style of the American Revolution. The high-quality wooden drum replica features bright, vibrant patriotic colors and crisp drum sound. Unlike most toy drums on the market, this one has...

Rococo Sterling Silver and Marcasite Earrings

The beautiful Rococo Sterling Silver and Marcasite Drop Earrings are inspired by Italian designer D. M. Albini's published engravings of jewelry designs, circa 1744, currently in the Victoria & Albert Museum collections. Antiqued sterling silver...

Gimmel Ring

This sterling silver Gimmel Ring is based on an antique in Colonial Williamsburg's collections. The ring consists of three bands joined at the base in such a way that, when closed, the two hands are clasped one in the other. Gimmel rings were often used...

"Many Are The Stars" Verse Dish

This porcelain verse dish offers a sweet sentiment for your loved one. It reads, "Many are the stars I see yet in my sight No star like thee". Perfect for a dresser top as a ring tray or foyer table to hold your keys, or to remind faraway friends of...

Robert Carter Carriage Ornament

As seen in Colonial Williamsburg: the impressive Robert Carter post coach. This Robert Carter Carriage Ornament is 24kt gold-plated solid brass with enamel accents. 2" H x 4" L. Features 24 kt Gold-Plated Solid BrassEnamel Accents2"H x 4"L Product...

White Freshwater Pearl Necklace

The timeless style of our White Freshwater Pearl Necklace is a classic piece she will treasure for a lifetime. The necklace, featuring a string of white pearls finished with a round sterling silver clasp, hangs from the neck with grace and subtle beauty...

White Freshwater Pearl Post Earrings

Express regal elegance and classic style with these white freshwater pearl post earrings. The post earrings, each featuring a single pearl and sterling silver posts backs, frames the face with grace and subtle beauty. Features Freshwater...

White Freshwater Pearl Drop Earrings

Express regal elegance and classic style with these freshwater pearl drop earrings. The drop earrings, featuring a single pearl and sterling silver leverback clasps, dangles from each ear with grace and subtle beauty. Features Freshwater...

Byers' Choice Wood Christmas Tree Advent Calendar

A classic Christmas tradition, the advent calendar is a cherished heirloom in many households. This wooden Christmas tree piece from Byers' Choice featuring motifs from the Historic Area will surely bring you and your family many years of joy and...

Brandied Raisin Chintz Reproduction Fabric

This intricate Brandied Raisin Chintz reproduction fabric has delicate bouquets of flowers tied with bows and vines throughout the pattern on a raisin brown background. This fabric has been reproduced from a gown dating to 1785-1795 in the...

Blue Exotic Flowers Reproduction Fabric

Light and airy, this Blue Exotic Flowers cotton reproduction fabric features a natural white background with an all-over blue floral exotic florals pattern reproduced from a design found on an original textile in The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's...

Annabell's Garden Sterling Silver Necklace

Sterling silver makes this a beautiful bouquet of flowery accessories. This Annabell's Garden necklace with flower and leave detail adds sparkle and shine to any outfit! 18"L plus 2" extender chain. Lobster clasp. Features Made of Sterling...

Palace Blue Flowers Reproduction Fabric

Palace Blue Flowers Reproduction Fabric features trailing vines with green leaves and bursting blooms in red, pink, soft yellow, white and purple on a blue ground. The pattern on this 18th century reproduction fabric is inspired by a pair of curtain...

Palace Bloom Reproduction Fabric

Palace Bloom Reproduction Fabric features trailing vines with bursting blooms in shades of red, dark pink, deep green, and blue on a light cream background. The pattern of this reproduction fabric is inspired by an original curtain panel in the...

Cascading Floral Reproduction Fabric

This item has been discontinued and marked down to clearance price. All sales final - no returns. Cascading Floral Reproduction Fabric is adapted from an antique textile fragment in the Colonial Williamsburg collections. Composed of red, white, and...

Cascading Floral Stripe Reproduction Fabric

This item has been discontinued and marked down to clearance price. All sales final - no returns. Cascading Floral Stripe Reproduction Fabric is adapted from a French woodblock-printed textile circa 1775-1800 in the collections of The Colonial...

Trails and Leaves Reproduction Fabric

Trails and Leaves Reproduction Fabric features blue and red/pink stripes intertwined with flowers, leaves and vines. This reproduction fabric is adapted from an 18th century textile in The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's collections...

Birds in Fleur Reproduction Fabric

Birds in Fleur Reproduction Fabric features a natural white ground with intricate red vines and large scale flowers and leaves in green, pink, red, yellow, blue and grey. The overall design reads a dark reddish pink from a distance. The Birds in Fleur...

Byers' Choice Man with Black and Red Coat

In a black coat and red britches, this caroler is ready for festive song and dance well into the night. His lantern keeps him warm and illuminated, even on the coldest winter evenings.  Features Byers' Choice collectible Hand-painted clay...

Tree Color Etched Ornament

Featuring the Governor's Palace, Magazine and Capitol, this gold-finish Christmas tree reminds you of your favorite place to spend the holidays. 3"H. Features 3"H Comes in gift box WILLIAMSBURG exclusive! Product Care Dust with dry cloth...

The Colonial Williamsburg Tavern Cookbook

It's six o'clock, stomachs are rumbling and suddenly you have a yearning for the Crab and Shrimp Stuffed Flounder you enjoyed at Christiana Campbell's Tavern. No problem. Pull out The Colonial Williamsburg Tavern Cookbook, roll up your sleeves, and in an...

William and Mary Brass Trivet

"W" for William, "M" for Mary, the intertwined initials of the royal couple for whom the college was named, sandcast and hand-finished in gleaming brass. This William & Mary Brass Trivet makes an excellent gift for alumni. Features Sandcast and...

Ship at Full Sail Pillow

A striking vessel in full sail, exquisitely hand-stitched in pure-wool needlepoint. It's based on a painting of a United States Navy frigate, circa 1815, found in Colonial Williamsburg's folk art collection.  Features Pillow 16" X...