What is the oldest "thing" you own in your household?

[classiccaprice]

I happened to think about it, what is the oldest item you own? For me it's a three way tie between my great-grandmother's grandmother's (i.e. great x3) spinning wheel from the 1810s, a butter churn from about the same era, and a very worn penny from 1814. Many might think this odd since my house is typically mid-century, but family heir-looms are so much fun!

 

[supersuds]

I guess it would be this

A bill of exchange dated 1820 from the Hudson's Bay Company.

 

 

[gus]

The oldest thing I can remember at home is my Grandfather baptist Certificate which dated from 1910 when he was going to get married. At that moment he was 21 years old and that Certificate was sent from Ponza Islands, Italy.

 

[gus]

The oldest thing I can remember at home is my Grandfather baptist Certificate which dated from 1910 when he was going to get married. At that moment he was 21 years old and that Certificate was sent from Ponza Islands, Italy.

 

[gus]

I'm sorry I post it twice! Gus

 

[Ultramatic]

Aside from coins from the 19th century...

It would have to be my 1922 Victrola Model VV 330. It was left to me by my great aunt.

And yes, it's works perfectly.

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

[cfz2882]

a little wind up alarm clock with 1898 patent date-it is not in working order

 

[polkanut]

One of the oldest things I own and absolutely cherish is an olive drab canvas umbrella that my grandma bought sometime in the mid-1920's from J.C. Penney's here in Wausau.  I know it has to be from this timeframe because she said she bought it not too long after getting her driver's license in 1923 @ 20yo, and that my great-grandmother was with her when she bought it.  My great-grandmother became wheelchair bound in 1932 due to rheumatoid arthritis.

 

[kenmore71]

The oldest thing that I own that I can definitively date is a Land Grant title signed by President Buchanan for a parcel of land that is still in the family. I'm not at home right now, but i believe that it is dated 1858.

 

[fido]

In my case my oldest possession would be my cottage in Scotland which was originally a low, thatched roof building but I think was modernised around the 1920s. I have no idea of the age but I'm told it's at least 200 years old. In terms of movable objects, I picked up this cupboard a few years ago and stripped it. It was painted white with red drawers. It must have been a dresser originally but the top part has been removed. Again I don't know how old it is but I don't think any machinery was used in its manufacture.

 

[runematic]

The oldest thing right now would be a stove from 1742.  I'd put a picture up, but I'd rather do that in the "pay" side since those threads are not google searchable on the WWW.

 

[polkanut]

I remembered that I have my Great-Grandmother Wilde's cast iron skillet which is approx. 120 years old.  It was one of only a handful of items that my Grandpa Wilde received after his parents died in 1927 from influenza related complications

 

[westie2]

Old 5 gallon crock for pickle and saurkraut making.  Was brought from Tennessee in 1832 to Texas then on land ru to Oklahoma.  Also have great grand parents apple/peach peeler brught to Oklahoma in another land run to Oklahoma from Ben Hur. Texas.

Ben Hur Texas, aka Benhur Texas, Limestone County.

 

[firedome]

An original Pewter key

circa 1770, made in Boston by Paul Revere, whose initials are engraved on it ... in my family since new. The family has been in Mass. since 1620, Priscilla Mullins and John Alden of the Mayflower are direct ancestors.

 

[jeffg]

That would be a copy of The Prince/Art of War by Machiavelli, printed in 1720. It's just slightly older than my partner's underwear.

 

[luxflairguy]

Mine would be sterling silver from roughly 1880 that we still use and the 1914 Singer sewing machine from my grandmother that I don't use due to a very frayed cord!

 

[norgeway]

My Great great Grandmothers!!!

Salt container, that I still use, the story I always heard as a child was that they hid their rings in the salt to keep the Yankees from stealing them during the civil war, My Mothers Great Uncle and Her grandparents remembered it well, they all said they poured out all the flour and cornmeal and sugar and mixed it all together with a hoe and then poured out all the molasses,which they kept in wooden barrels, why they didnt pour out the salt is still a mystery, but , before leaving it was told the soldiers took all the girls clothes and mixed them in with the molasses!! needless to say, my Mother remembered as a child hearing her Uncle cuss about Abraham Lincoln!!!You have to remember, My Mother was born in 1929, and her Grand Parents and Great Uncle were still living into the 1940s , Her Grandmother lived until I was 2 in 1967,And I also have her baby cup, so I posted a picture of it.

 

[norgeway]

Open.

It sat on a shelf for many years, until I started using it again.

 

[norgeway]

My Great Grandmothers

Baby Cup, Her name was Mary Hartley Powell., She lived until 1967.