Gift Guides

Colonial Williamsburg Magnolia Soaps

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 Soaps

Made with finer, more natural ingredients than your typical lavender soap, our Colonial Williamsburg Lavender Soaps are triple-milled and enriched with natural olive oil for a luxurious wash. An elegant gift or luxurious toiletry for the powder room, our...

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...

Lemon Soap Bar

Here it is, the simple, wonderfully scented Lemon Soap that has charmed Colonial Williamsburg guests for decades. This vegan soap bar boasts the hand-cut look of soap bars from the 18th century and has a nature-inspired color and fresh lemon scent. Buy...

Ann's Story: 1747

This delightful children's book is based on Ann McKenzie, a real girl who lived in 18th-century Williamsburg. Nine-year-old Ann needs to start behaving like a proper young lady, learning to knit, cook, and manage a household, but she would rather assist...

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...

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...

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 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 the young moderns of the time,...

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 Gold Tone Charm Bangle

Celebrate historic Colonial Williamsburg with the lovely collection of charms on this gold-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...

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

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

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...

The Peanut Shop Virginia Lightly Salted Peanuts 20 oz

It doesn't get any better than the simple delight of The Peanut Shop's Lightly Salted Virginia Peanuts, fresh from Williamsburg! Flavored only with peanut oil and salt, they're a tasty treat for yourself or the perfect hostess gift for your next dinner...

Pierced Fan Pendant

Add a note of simple sophistication to your jewelry assortment with this historically-inspired drop pendant necklace. The classic design features an elegant fan shape with lines radiating from a central point out to the edges of a teardrop-shaped pendant...

Pierced Fan Drop Earrings

Add a note of simple sophistication to your jewelry assortment with these historically-inspired sterling silver Pierced Fan Drop Earrings. The classic design features an elegant fan shape with lines radiating from a central point out to the edges of a...

Marcasite Ribbon Sterling Silver 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...

Christmas Decorations from Colonial Williamsburg

The Holiday decorations that have long been associated with a Williamsburg Christmas are featured in this book. Beautiful Photography, descriptive text, and twenty-seven charming color drawings present ideas and how-tos for creating wreaths, cones,...

ABC Hotch Potch Coloring Book

The illustrations in this coloring book were taken from "The Comical Hotch-Potch or the Alphabet turn'd Posture-Master," a hand-colored print published in London in 1782 by Carington Bowles. The print features a comical character named Hotch-Potch...

Amy, Ben and Catalpa the Cat

Great pictures and lots of action! In this full-color alphabet story in verse, Amy, Ben and Catalpa take children on a fun-filled day in 18th-century Williamsburg. No sooner does a fifer pass Amy and Ben's window than they are off to the fair! During...

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...

The Art of Quilting: A Coloring and Pattern Book

Both coloring and quilting tap into creativity within disciplines defined by lines, borders, and structure. The patterns in this book, all of which are taken from quilts in Colonial Williamsburg's extraordinary collection can be used not only for...

Sterling Silver Hennell Cuff Bracelet with Hinge

A unique filigree bracelet in sterling silver makes a treasured gift for holidays, birthdays, and graduations. You will probably want one of these cuff bracelets for yourself, as well. The delicate butterfly openwork design creates a look that is both...

Virginia Doll

This new soft doll is named after the youngest child of Lord and Lady Dunmore, born in Williamsburg on December 3rd, 1774. She was christened Virginia in honor of the colony. The doll's beautiful dark pink dress, light pink petticoat and white lace...

The Swords of George Washington

The nine known swords owned by George Washington have long fascinated collectors, and now, for the first time, they are all properly illustrated and discussed in the same place. The book presents each weapon in brilliant color and each story in vivid...

Revolutionary War Chessmen

A fun game of strategy and wits comes to a head with the British versus the colonists in this American Revolution-themed chess set. On one side, the Continental soldiers are dressed in traditional 18th-century clothing in navy and cocked hats atop brown...

"Faithles to None" Silver Ring

Declare your loyalty to someone special with this sterling silver ring. The 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 outside,...

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...

Family Bonds: Free Blacks in Virginia

After a new law in 1806 required freed enslaved persons to leave Virginia and therefore leave their enslaved loved ones, many free African Americans did the unthinkable: returned to slavery. Read about the lives of these brave men, women and children,...

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. Precious and semiprecious stones, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, topaz, and garnets were as...

White Pearl and Sterling Silver Dangle Pierced Earrings

So lovely, you'll look for every excuse to wear these beautiful sterling silver earrings. With subtle sophistication, these earrings feature an elegant pearl dangle. Traditionally associated with love and purity, the earliest known use of pearls in...

Bilbo Catcher

Toys of the cup & ball family had already been favorite childhood amusements for many centuries by the time of settlements in the North American colonies, and they have remained popular throughout American history. In the more difficult bilbo catcher...

Sterling Silver Capitol Detail Ring with Garnet

Baroque scrolls weaved together to create the elegant design of this detail sterling silver ring finished with a deep red garnet. This design is based on scrollwork found in Williamsburg's reconstructed Capitol. At the Capitol, the General Assembly...

Sterling Silver Ellicott Clock Case Pendant with Amethyst

Inspired by a motif carved into the sound holes of an antique English clock, this sterling silver Ellicott Clock Case Pendant with Amethyst features a design full of movement and whimsy. A profusion of delicate C scrolls and piercing convey a sense of...

Sterling Silver Hennell Earrings with Blue Topaz

Inspired by a sterling silver salt dish in Colonial Williamsburg's collections, these sterling silver Hennell earrings offer a variation on a classic WILLIAMSBURG design. Butterfly openwork pattern creates a versatile look that is topped with two...

Sterling Silver Ellicott Clock Case Earrings with Amethyst

Inspired by a motif carved into the sound holes of an antique English clock, these sterling silver Ellicott Clock Case Earrings with Amethyst feature a design full of movement and whimsy. A profusion of delicate C scrolls and piercing convey a sense of...

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...

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...

"If Music Be the Food of Love" Necklace

For every music-lover on your gift list, this beautifully engraved sterling silver 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 Shakespeare's Twelfth...

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...

Sterling Silver and Marcasite Pineapple Pendant

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