What's the oldest item/object in your house?

[Smartucus99]

You can't say yourself, as you are not an item LOL

For me, it's a bread knife that has been handed down through generations. Apparently it is from the early 1900s, making it over 120 years old.

 

[Dargelos]

Grandfather clock 1850 ish. Still keeps good time, one dong for one o'clock, twelve dongs for midnight.

 

[Charon]

Toaster I’ve been using since the late 2000s.

 

[Peloso]

Stainless steel mixing bowl probably from the 60's.

 

[PalacePaul]

A few books from the late 19th century

 

[NotHardUp1]

I have a polished group of ammonite fossils, between 400 & 66 million years old.

 

[Alistair]

A two person hand saw from my great-great grandfather. Early 1800s

 

[TickTockMan]

Probably one of my sexuality books.

 

[pornoboy]

A tile original blue from Delft / Netherlands, late18th century




and wait - a piece of marble I stole from the acropolis in Greece... 120 million years ?​

 

[LeicsDom]

I have some books form the 50's

 

[me203]

Grandfather clock 1850 ish. Still keeps good time, one dong for one o'clock, twelve dongs for midnight.

It's doing well!

Old joke:

Q. What time is it when your clock strkes 13?

A. Time for a new clock.



Part of me has always wanted a grandfather clock.

 

[me203]

I have a polished group of ammonite fossils, between 400 & 66 million years old.

Shouldn't you find something that is actually old for a thread like this?

 

[me203]

In "computer years" this computer I'm posting on is pretty damn old. And I have some that would be positively ancient in another room.

 

[me203]

Jokes aside...

I definitely have some old books, including a Hardy Boys book that dates to the very early 1940s at the latest.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Shouldn't you find something that is actually old for a thread like this?

At first, I thought of a tomahawk head I have, probably 19th century, but unknown age. Then, I thought of a ledger desk I have that I know is about 1870. My favorite old things are a crockery mixing bowl, about 100 years old, and a carving knife, same era. Things from the kitchen carry a bond with me, and I feel closer to those who used them.

 

[Rickrock]

I have a dining room chair that was part of my grandparents' set probably purchased in the 1920's or 1930's. It has a story about it in the late 1930's.

 

[smokeshadow]

A rather mouse-eaten copy of Maury's Manual of Geography, copyright 1903; which, IIRC, was originally owned by my late Father's grandparents.
A copy of Our Pet's Primer, copyright 1900; originally owned by an Uncle of my late Father.
My late Mother's Royal manual typewriter, which she originally purchased in the early 1940's when she was enrolled in business college.

Not sure if these count; but, any number of postage stamps in my United States collection that were originally printed from 1847 (first U. S. stamps) through 1900.

 

[Triple G]

1829 Bible

 

[EddMarkStarr]

I still use my Hamilton Beach portable electric hand mixer from 1976. Still have the original box and operating instructions.

 

[me203]

^Interesting looking mixer! More interesting than what I see sold now--and what it sold now probably won't last nearly 50 years. Unless it's just left in its box...