Oldest thing in your house.

[davidd]

our bed is over 120 years old, I have a clock given to my great Grandfather in 1920 something. A load of an uncles medals from WWII. Actually we have tons of old stuff. I am alarmed that you lot don't really have more..

Maybe it is because I am so old

D

[pacman06]

Think the only thing would be O/H silver chain and locket, I know its "antique" but that would be the oldest possession. Only other thing would be my large collection of Liverpool shirts oldest being about 38 yrs young.

Them greek coins give a good chuckle watched someone find one and thought he had struck gold! Think they use a different dating system and it was from the 70's! his face was a picture!

[1598]

A Singer sewing machine that belonged to previous family members. Looking at eBay, the only value it has is sentimental which is fine by me. It's still in use and will go to my daughter as and when.

[kit_kat]

I have a print of a Gypsy Queen (written at the bottom) that was given to my Great Grandparents as a wedding gift, they got married in 1901, its huge and the frame is really old and falling apart. I also have quite a few coins, stamps, photos and postcards that my Gran and her sisters left when they died.

I also have my Great Grandmothers original birth certificate somewhere although its really fragile and now has holes in it but you can still read it. She was born around 1880.

[seagrey]

A couple of fossils,some small broken ancient pottery that was retrieved when our footings were dug out and a 16th-17th century cannon ball from the Essex coast,scary to think of it travelling at 110 m/s!

[ExChrispy Porker]

I have deeds for my house going back to the 18th century, oh and some nice fossils in the garden

[Pints]

Not including the odd seashell (I've no idea the average shell is), I can't think of anything older than me in our house.

We have a wooden chest which was given to us by my MiL but even that's only about 30years old.

All of a sudden I feel even more boring than usual.

[koolchris99]

The house is from 1700's so thats the oldest. aside from that a geode or two, fk knows how old they are but pretty old.

Few swords from the 1600's

[theironduke]

koolchris99 said:

The house is from 1700's so thats the oldest. aside from that a geode or two, fk knows how old they are but pretty old.

Few swords from the 1600's

Old swords are awesome! I've got a couple of 1796 Pattern Cavalry Sabres!

[koolchris99]

theironduke said:

koolchris99 said:

The house is from 1700's so thats the oldest. aside from that a geode or two, fk knows how old they are but pretty old.

Few swords from the 1600's

Old swords are awesome! I've got a couple of 1796 Pattern Cavalry Sabres!

few of the many..

[Paul Drawmer]

VetteG said:

Much the same, except only one of my shotguns is over the 100, the other is just under. Furniture includes a Georgean chesterfield, a monks bench, suff like that.

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Over and under guns.

[AmitG]

Council Baby said:

Out of interest - with books of that age do you keep them in a special environment/contolled climate to stop them deteriorating? If one wanted a long term investment the right books have always struck me as a reasonable thing. I have no idea why as I've never really looked into it just a thought I keep coming back to. Any insight? Feel free to pm me if you wish to keep the thread on track.

Cheers!

No special climate control needed. Just need to keep them away from direct sunlight, direct heat and damp. And fire obviously

I think good books have strong investment potential over the long term. In London, have a wander around Cecil Court and the adjoining part of Charing Cross Road. Peter Harrington Books in Chelsea is another good place. That will give you a flavour of what is available.

[SPR2]

pacman06 said:

Keeper as in, a cheaper ring to stop a more expensive ring from falling off? (that is what google says the original use was for many many moons ago?)

I understood it to be a guardian ring/engagement ring in her days.

Edited by SPR2 on Monday 1st August 22:44

[Boosted LS1]

I'd hate to look behind or inder the hearth.

[Simpo Two]

Good theme.

A bracket clock c.1740 (probably long case originally), and a dictionary of about the same age.

Or you could say the lump of amethyst: 10,000,000 years

Edited by Simpo Two on Tuesday 2nd August 01:23

[GroundEffect]

Everything in my house is the same age; 13,500,000,000 years old+

/pedant

[JABB]

Probably these chairs, part of a collection. These date around 1830. The house was built from a barn, originally built in 1850
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[m3jappa]

I don't have anything that old, i'm probably the oldest thing here at 31

That said my mum is crazy for anything old. One of the rooms in their house is now a mini museum with all sorts of stuff, some which is visibly a load of st and some stuff which is pretty cool. She has quite a few vestas (silver match holder and strikers) which date to the late 1800's. They are actually pretty cool imo.

Theres lots there, i'll ask her whats the oldest next time i see her.

I just hope one day i have a Del boy find in there

[Slinky]

Nothing in comparison to that which others have posted, but I ring I wear on my right hand was made in London in 1943, the same year as my father was born.. So, right now, that's probably the oldest thing in my house (baring elemental details of course)

[Timberwolf]

Books, mainly.

There's a 1957 copy of the Second Commander Book For Boys, a 1964 copy of "Matrices: Their Meaning and Manipulation", a copy of Great Expectations that isn't dated but no later than 1957, and a 1962 copy of "Workshop Technology Part One: An Introductory Course" rendered charmingly worthless by my dad having scribbled "HANDS OFF" inside the front cover during his school days.

I also have a set of veteran car design drinking glasses safely stowed away, but I have no idea how old they are - most likely is 1950s but I'm not certain.

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Edited by Timberwolf on Wednesday 3rd August 00:31