• Milford Connecticut Holiday Ornament, Captain Kidd's Chest, Crystal Glass Ornament Hanging on a Christmas Tree
  • Milford Connecticut Holiday Ornament, Captain Kidd's Chest, Crystal Glass Ornament Hanging on White
  • Milford Connecticut Holiday Ornament, Captain Kidd's Chest, Crystal Glass Ornament in Gold Gift Box
  • Milford Connecticut Holiday Ornament, Captain Kidd's Chest, Crystal Glass Ornament in White Gift Box
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Milford Connecticut Holiday Ornament - Captain Kidd's Chest

Milford Connecticut Holiday Ornament - Captain Kidd's Chest

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An iron-bound treasure chest half buried in the sand of a small wooded island, a crow on the lid. Captain Kidd stopped at Charles Island in 1699, and Milford has never stopped digging.

The legend holds that Kidd buried part of his treasure on Charles Island on his last voyage north, before his arrest in Boston. The island sits at the end of a sandbar that you can walk at low tide and that will strand you at high, which has kept generations of treasure hunters honest. Nothing has been found. People keep looking.

The island is said to carry three curses, which the town repeats with some pride. A walk out the bar at low water is a Milford rite, and most of the walkers glance at the ground.

Buried treasure that stays buried is better than treasure found. Milford has the chest in its imagination, and now on its tree.

Captain Kidd's treasure on Charles Island is the oldest of the Connecticut legends, and Milford CT has been looking for the buried treasure ever since. This treasure chest ornament is a pirate ornament and Milford Christmas ornament, a piece of Milford history for anyone who has walked the sandbar at low tide.

Every Milford ornament ships ready to give. Hang it on the tree, in a window, off a lamp, or send one to the person who misses Milford most.

3-inch faceted crystal glass ornament, white-backed print, line-drawn in 1880s engraving style, your choice of white or gold gift box.


QUICK FACTS — MILFORD CT CRYSTAL ORNAMENT — CAPTAIN KIDD'S CHEST

Town: Milford, Connecticut

Founded: 1639

Known for: Sixth-oldest town in Connecticut; the second-longest green in New England; Charles Island; the Milford Oyster Festival

Art: Captain Kidd's Chest, original Merlin Classics engraving

Blank: 3-inch (76 mm) round clear crystal glass ornament, faceted gem-cut edge

Print: white-backed for contrast; red ribbon hanger

Packaging: white or gold gift box, chosen at checkout

Made to order in the USA



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Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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A mile off Silver Sands Beach sits the town's most famous riddle: Charles Island, which the Paugusset called Poquahaug. At low tide a natural sandbar — a tombolo — rises out of the Sound and you can walk to it. The best-loved Milford legend says that in 1699 Captain Kidd, on his way to arrest in Boston, buried treasure there, iron chests of gold said to lie beneath the rocks and never found. The island is now a state-protected bird sanctuary, its woods a nesting rookery of herons and egrets, closed to visitors through the spring and summer — so the legend is best enjoyed from the beach, and the crossing only with the tide chart in hand.

The Revolution reached the shore, too. Patriots blockaded the Milford stretch of the Boston Post Road, built Fort Trumbull for defense, and kept a lookout from Liberty Rock in Devon. The hardest story is the gentlest: in the winter of 1777, some two hundred sick American soldiers were put ashore from a British prison ship, and a Milford man named Captain Stephen Stow chose to care for them. He caught the smallpox he was tending and died of it, and the town has remembered him ever since.

Why People Visit Milford

Milford balances a historic green, a legendary island, and miles of easy shoreline. Visitors enjoy simple seaside walks, boardwalks, and small cultural stops between the beaches and the harbor. It is peaceful, family-friendly, and close to nature, with year-round appeal in its parks, paths, and public spaces. History and everyday coastal life sit side by side here, from the long Green and the colonial downtown to the oyster boats and the boardwalk beyond.

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