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Shakespearean Love Mug with Chocolate Hearts
Cat got your tongue when it comes to love? Let the Bard speak for you. 12-oz. ceramic mug is embellished with some of Shakespeare’s sweetest sentiments ("Did my heat love ‘til now? Foreswear sight—for I never saw true beauty ‘til this night").
Pansy Paperweight
Impeccably, implausibly preserved in solid acrylic, a real purple pansy blooms forever. In flower lore, pansies say \x93I\x92m thinking of you, \x94 so this lovely paperweight is also a meaningful gift. Made in Canada, smooth and cool to the touch. 3" diameter.
LED Opera Glasses
Read program notes without disturbing your neighbors; get a closer look at the chorus. Made by Meade, a respected name in optics, these classic opera glasses have a built-in LED reading light and elegant black lacquered body.
Tree of Life Cross from the Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach
Made by the monks of Maria Laach, an 11th-century Benedictine abbey in Germany, the Tree of Life cross symbolizes developing life, change, growth, and immortality. Solid bronze with detailed relief, it stands on a flat surface or hangs from a wall.
Kensington Gate Porcelain Demitasse Set
If the Queen of England ever stops by for tea, reach for these. Produced for Historic Royal Palaces, the British agency that manages palaces throughout the UK, this porcelain set is suitable for royalty.
Walkers’ Nonsuch Famous Slab Toffee
Nothing compares to traditional English toffee. From a company founded in Stoke-on-Trent in the 1890s, Walkers’ Nonsuch (because there’s “none such” like it) is still made from the finest natural ingredients.
Top 500 SAT Words Shower Curtain
Some kids use books to study for the SAT. Others take classes. A 14-year old Minnesota student invented a shower curtain featuring 500 common SAT words with definitions, from abdicate to zealot. What a sagacious child!
Knights in Armour
Meticulously detailed, these miniature figures are a glimpse into what it meant to be a knight: a life so perilous one had to wear plates of iron and steel. Each shows a suit of armour from the 15th century.
Knights on Warhorses
A knight on horseback was once the most awesome force on the battlefield. Wearing 50 pounds of armour, wielding a heavy lance or sword, he bore down on his enemy like thunder. Designed in England, our cast pewter knights are exquisitely detailed.
Authentic WWII Newspaper
Hold world history in your hands. Printed between 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, and 1945, when Germany and Japan surrendered, each newspaper is an original document, not a reprint.