Toys in the Collection
Artifacts from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection
 - Assortment of mostly nineteenth-century cast iron and copper
alloy cannon barrels, copper alloy wagon wheel, and cast iron toy pistol.
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 - Collection of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ceramic
marbles. Although many marbles were made of simple unglazed clay like the
ones at the bottom, some had a variety of colorful glazes.
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 - Various pieces of miniature or play tea sets, including
cups, teapots, saucers, and a soup tureen. Similar tea sets were available
in Williamsburg shops, and milliners Sarah Pitt and Mary Dickinson advertised
them for sale.
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 - Musical toys referred to as “jaw harps.” Made
of iron or copper alloy, these are missing the steel or brass reeds
that were plucked to make music.
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If you want to know more about toys and games in Williamsburg, see Colonial
Virginians at Play, by Jane Carson, published by the University of
Virginia Press, Charlottesville for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,
1965.
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