What's the oldest thing in your home?

[Kadee]

Perfect jugs for mixing to match the old glass 4 and 8 ounce baby bottles.

I’ve always had a thing about jugs , maybe it’s because of this one I won the the annual show when I was 13 or 14 years old @Aunt Marg I’m now 74 so that was a while ago

 

[Aunt Marg]

I’ve always had a thing about jugs , maybe it’s because of this one I won the the annual show when I was 13 or 14 years old @Aunt Marg I’m now 74 so that was a while ago

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My goodness, absolutely gorgeous, Kadee!

Too nice to use.

 

[Kadee]

I clearly remember winning the jug on one of those spin the wheel games it was the first time I’d been allowed to go to the show in my life .

My grandparents lived right opposite the show grounds so me being the eldest GC they gave me money to go to the show .,it’s funny the things you remember from way back then I’ll always fondly remember my GP @Aunt Marg

 

[Aunt Marg]

I clearly remember winning the jug on one of those spin the wheel games it was the first time I’d been allowed to go to the show in my life .

My grandparents lived right opposite the show grounds so me being the eldest GC they gave me money to go to the show .,it’s funny the things you remember from way back then I’ll always fondly remember my GP @Aunt Marg

I've had such a sharp memory for my past, and like yourself, highlights of my younger and growing years still sit so vivid and fresh in my mind, just like they happened yesterday.

Memories, truly are what life is made of, Kadee.

 

[Jules]

I love this thread.

 

[Kadee]

The old ship that was hubs parents wedding gift i mentioned in post #22

The small table made from a ships steering wheel was wedding gift for hubs parents as well.

The tables legs are intertwined no screws or nails to keep it together.
We inherited them when they both died years ago

They “fit “ our home because we live fairly close to the sea

 

[Mrs. Robinson]

My grandmother`s wedding band,I believe. It is engraved "Teddy to Virginia 4/6/1919" (my grandmother`s 18th birthday). I have been wearing it since she passed,29 years ago. I`ve always worn it along with my own wedding set and my 25th anniversary ring,but since I lost the main diamond from my engagement ring () I just wear my grandmother`s band and the anniversary band.

I also have something else of my grandmother`s.It`s a matchholder that she kept near her stove in her apartment in San Francisco in the early 50s. I always loved it and asked for it after she passed. They sold her house and everything in it to an antique dealer when she passed so no one else was interested in any of her things.

 

[Don M.]

We've got an old Spinning Wheel....probably made in the late 1800's....picked it up at an auction years ago for about $20...makes a nice decoration in the living room. Also, we have an old table top clock that belonged to my old grandparents....dates back to the 1920's.

 

[fmdog44]

An old inexpensive jewelry box made in Japan. I don't recall how I wound up with it but my guess is my mom was going to trash it and I thought I could use it for something. She probably gave it to me around 1958-guess.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I'm 74, so there isn't much that's older than me. I don't have any antique things. But I do have a rock. I found it in the yard. It looked cool. It has a bunch of black and white layers. You can see where white sand was laid down ,then something happened and a layer of black sand was laid down., etc. My rock has to be millions of years old.

 

[Ken N Tx]

My M.I.L., she will be 100 in two weeks!!

 

[P A Tracy]

The house itself, built in 1867.

 

[win231]

My M.I.L., she will be 100 in two weeks!!

Teehee, that can be a blessing......or a curse, depending on the type of person she is.
My former MIL was a curse. And I told her so one day.

 

[Duster]

I have a lot of antique things more than 100 years old, since I used to be an antique dealer. I have furniture that dates back to the turn of the last century. My oldest items are probably Victorian {1861-1889} jewelry. I used to collect colored gemstone jewelry and loved both Victorian and Edwardian pieces.

I got these little gnomes a few years ago. They had something in German on the bottoms. I asked a friend to translate what it said,
"Made in Japan" is what she came up with! LOL!

 

[chic]

I'm not telling. Somebody might rob me.

 

[Treacle]

Me - only kidding - actually I've looked around and it is me
Will keep looking as this is disheartening

 

[officerripley]

A potsherd from Caesarea Philippi (from what is now the Golan Heights in Syria); I was told that it's about 2,000 years old:

 

[needshave]

It's a bit of a toss up, but I think the house would win. When I was renovating this house, I took up the staircase piece by piece to refinish it. The staircase has two landings (12' ceilings).
When I got to the first landing I found an old vintage Stevens 12 gauge shotgun and a wooden keg of black powder, between the staircase and wood subfloor in a hidden cavity. A friend was able to get the black powder safely cleaned up. The house is a Gothic Revival of all brick, including the interior walls. It was started in 1848 and finished in 1850.

 

[old medic]

A potsherd from Caesarea Philippi (from what is now the Golan Heights in Syria); I was told that it's about 2,000 years old

I guess I would have to says an Arrowhead collection....

 

[AnnieA]

Arrowheads from family land. The Mississippian temple mound on the part my dad used to farm dates from roughly 1100 -1500.

 

[fancicoffee13]

The oldest thing in my home is my mother's 5 year diary. She died 5 days after I was born and I was born in 1952. That is creeping up on being 68 years old. Other than that, I have a two pronged roast fork that may be 25 years old and a family Bible that is just as old or more that belonged to my Step-Mother.

 

[AnnieA]

@Aunt Marg ...at your 'wow' reaction to the arrowheads. The mounds and artifacts are common here. The Mississippian Mound culture is thought to have ended due to deforestation, overhunting and climate warming at the end of the Little Ice Age. ...The more things change, the more they stay the same...

 

[Aunt Marg]

@Aunt Marg ...at your 'wow' reaction to the arrowheads. The mounds and artifacts are common here. The Mississippian Mound culture is thought to have ended due to deforestation, over-hunting and climate warming due to the end of the Little Ice Age. ...The more things change, the more they stay the same...

Annie. My husband has a friend who's dad collected arrowheads for years, starting back in the 50's, and the collection he has is incredible.

Love stuff like that.

 

[StarSong]

I have a set of ivory-handled, sterling silver flatware still in its original velvet lined box, and also a beautiful crystal bowl. Both are from the 1800s.

The flatware (a "fish set") was awarded to my great-grandfather in the late 1800s by Queen Victoria when he won a footrace. When my mother passed it down to me, I requested that she write out the story. I keep it with the silver so that my children and grands can know the history.

 

[Capt Lightning]

The oldest thing is the house itself which dates from 1830-40. Digging the garden has turned up all sorts of objects that have been dumped or lost. I think the house was originally part of a farm or farm store. We've dug up loads of medicine, beer and lemonade bottles, old Lucas carbide bike lamps, all sorts of harness and cart fittings and at one point a large key about 8 inches long. Unfortunately this was so corroded that it disintegrated. We also frequently turn up animal bones.

The most curious thing was when we were renovating part of the 'modern' (c.1896) extension, we found a neatly wrapped dried fish skin embedded in the plaster of the wall. I never found out why this was there, but our then neighbour, found a child's shoe hidden in the stonework round a fireplace. This was a fairly common practice at one time, probably to ward off evil spirits, or as a fertility symbol.