The Oliphant name has been present in Scotland since the twelfth century, brought by a Norman family during the reign of David I, and derives from the Old French olifant, meaning elephant, likely used as a nickname or heraldic device referencing the animal's medieval associations with strength and memory. The family's heartland was Perthshire and Angus, with their principal seat at Gask, a Perthshire estate that also sits on the Gask Ridge, the site of a line of Roman watchtowers, and their motto Tout Pourvoir, To Provide for Everything, reflects a family known for careful, forward-looking management. It is this Gask and Perthshire story the collection is grounded in.
The collection brings together a genuinely wide set of exact-name Oliphant pieces: a crest T-shirt and sweatshirt, a ceramic ornament, a garden flag, an engraved charcuterie board, a wall pennant, a cork coaster set, a novelty license plate, an insulated tumbler, a printed throw blanket, a woven blanket, a baseball cap, and a phone case, each carrying the Oliphant name and crest design.
These pieces suit many gift-giving occasions. A woven blanket or charcuterie board makes a fitting wedding or housewarming gift, the tumbler or T-shirt is an easy birthday present, and smaller items such as the pennant, coaster set, or garden flag are well suited to reunions and holiday exchanges.
The Gask estate and its Roman-era ridge, set within the wider Perthshire and Angus landscape the Oliphants called home, give these gifts a distinctive sense of layered history. A garden flag or pennant carrying the Oliphant crest design is a straightforward way to keep that story visible at home.
With apparel, drinkware, home textiles, and accessories all represented, the collection spans generations comfortably — a grandparent might choose the throw blanket or charcuterie board, while a younger relative reaches for the T-shirt, cap, or phone case, making it simple to shop for the whole Oliphant family.
Learn more about the surname's Scottish story in our Oliphant family history guide. The guide provides the deeper historical narrative, while this collection offers a natural way to carry that family connection into a present, a gathering, or your own home.
