Byers' Choice Williamsburg Christmas Carolers Shopping Man & Woman Figures

WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, home to our nation's first families, was a powerful center of architecture, culture and style in the eighteenth century. Today it thrives as a restored town where visitors experience the people, places and events that gave birth to a distinctive American identity. In selecting this piece, you inherit part of the legacy of American style and the American way of living born in Williamsburg.

To Market We Go

A DAY OF SHOPPING in the 18th century included stops at the market square to purchase fresh foods like vegetables, fruits, breads and meats and at the grocer's to buy imported foods such as rum, spices and sugar cones. Other merchants offered a variety of household goods, much like the general stores of the 19th century. Today. Colonial Williamsburg's stores still sell many of the kinds of goods that were available more than 200 years ago,

Williamsburg Christmas

Christmas at Colonial Williamsburg is an eagerly anticipated celebration. The public buildings and houses of the Historic Area are adorned with wreaths and garlands made with fresh fruits and evergreens, Bruton Parish Church echoes with special recitals of period music, and the reconstructed taverns feature splendid feasts for holiday revelers. The town itself is aglow in candlelight, and carolers roam the streets during the "Grand Illumination," which marks the official opening of the holiday season. A Christmas visit to Williamsburg is a memorable event.

14" brown haired man and 13" brown haired woman in colonial garb holding several items from a day of shopping. - Masterfully hand sculpted and painted with a beautifully expressive clay face - A great display piece for Christmas time. - Byers' Choice figurines are varied and one of kind pieces, handmade in the USA. Clothing styles, hair and eye color, and accessories may vary. - For shopping man: date on the base - 2007, date listed on tag - 2003. For shopping woman: date on the base - 2003

The figures have some wear to the bases. The bases may have some chipping. The shopping mans pipes that are located in his basket came loose and have been tied to the basket using a rubber band.