Mom to Aly Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 The oldest thing in my house, is, um, me!! 42 years old and counting :). No, I do have something older that I love--it has been passed on in my family--it is a tiny model of the Taj Mahal that was carved out of a piece of the original marble leftover from the building of the real Taj Mahal. My dad gave it to me. :) I also have some statues of Hindu gods in Ivory that are old, but other than that, it is really me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningirl71 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I have many heirlooms that were my great Grandmothers: an old fuschia color chair, China, hand blown glass pitchers that probably date mid 1800s. But, my favorite old thing is my Chinese wardrobe that was given to us when we lived in China. It might be 150-200 years old. The Chinese don't say something is an antique unless it is at least 400 years old, that is why I said "old thing!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Dh's grandma is from Newton, KS too! Cool. My grandma was a Bancroft... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Some American Indian projectile points (arrow heads) that my grandfather picked up on his father's farm when he was a boy. He found them when he was plowing the field. Other than that I have my great-great-grandmother's serving platter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in Jax Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 It was taken about 1870. We also have a couple of pieces of furniture from that era -- a Hunzinger platform rocker that was made in the late 1800s. We also have a "family" hall tree and a couple of tables/dressers from about 1890. I'm a bit of a freak when it comes to keeping furniture from past generations of our family. No one else in the family cares but me and my mom, so they gave it to us. In my house, I have furniture, photos or knicknacks from every decade since 1880. ;-) Lisa who adores sentimental "old" stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningirl71 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Oh! DH reminded me that our HOUSE is actually quite old. Built in 1890.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paula j Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Don't know, I have a very old hutch in my kitchen, a very old buffet that belonged to my neighbors grandma, a victrola from the early 1900's and some very old books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makita Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I recently inherited a spinning wheel that came over from Norway when my ancestors emigrated in the late 1800s. There is a 4 digit numbers engraved into the wood which reads 1322. My Great Aunt believed this indicated how old it was but my mom believes it to be a serial number of sorts. My mom believes it to be circa 1870. We also have many, many pictures dating back to the late 1800s. There has been a family historian in each generation since our ancestors left Europe.... I have the pictures now. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 We have half of a mastodon tooth, and assorted fossils, including some parts of a pterosaur. Other than that it would have to be the bed my husband's grandfather was born in, made by some other family member. I forgot, I have a mastodon tooth; I come from fisherfolk and they are pretty common in the Atlantic. I also have a few rum bottles from the 1700's courtesy of a scallop dredge. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academy of Jedi Arts Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I have a pic of my great grandfather and great grandmother in their carriage, along with some other old family pics. Our stereo cabinet is a wooden icebox, and dh has a couple of his grandfather's shotguns in the attic. That's all that's in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I have a Victorian cameo brooch that belonged to my grandmother. Our house in London was built in 1830, so that would be the oldest thing in that house! Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Wow, who would have guessed so many of us have antique items! Very interesting thread!! I forgot, I have one of those oval pictures with the round glass in it of my great grandparents. When my nephew was young, he asked me if it was me and my ex-husband. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdie Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 We have something really, really old in our house. My son's first foster Mom has an uncle that works at a museum and he gave my ds a fragment of a dinosaur bone! So that would be either millions of years old or thousands of years old depending on your point of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 The oldest thing in our house is either the sofa DH inherited from his grandmother which belonged originally to his great grandmother - circa 1920s (it's absolutely beautiful - it was recovered in the 1990s, but the wood is the original stuff), OR it's a little saucer my grandmother gave to me - it belonged to her when she was a little girl (she received it in 1915 or so). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 What is the oldest thing in your house? Uh . . . the house. No, I guess it would the sock darner. It is wood and belonged to my grandmother's grandmother, Barbara. She was a Romany (gypsy) who settled down in Pennsylvania some time around the turn of the last century. I have her wedding certificate too. I'm not sure which is older. Both probably predate the house by at least 15 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 We have something really, really old in our house. My son's first foster Mom has an uncle that works at a museum and he gave my ds a fragment of a dinosaur bone! So that would be either millions of years old or thousands of years old depending on your point of view. You mean a fossil, right, not an actual dinosaur bone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 My great-great grandmothers complete china set, hand painted. I even have a photo of her: Barbara Petillion My GM was born about 1890, so it was her grandmothers! I have a very old Jenny Lind bed, as well. However, my son's fossilized trilobite might ace them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 yup --fossils here too ;) didja know that if you lick fossil bone your tongue kinda sticks to it? at least, it sticks to the bone more than the rock. We were trying that down in the creek a few weeks ago. kinda eerie..... The only man-made thing we have that i know is old is some china from my great great grandmother. don't know the date tho. we have some "older" stuff, but nothing earlier than the 1900's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I have some photos of a relative, from my fathers side, wearing a Union Army uniform, dated 1861, Kentucky. I think he was a corporal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma23peas Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 According to the entymology professors at Auburn University and our local pest control company, we have the oldest Brown Recluses available, oh, also the youngest, middle aged and those approaching retirement. Other than that I'd say an iron bed given to my Great Great Grandmother when her home was blown away by a tornado and the Red Cross gifted her with a bed to help them re-start a new home. They think the bed is from the mid 1800's. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSMP Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Oooooh, I think I win this game! We have bronze age pottery handle dating from 2500BC that my son found in an archeological dig in Turkey. Now that's pretty old! That is very cool!!!!! I was telling my grandmother about this thread and she reminded me of the pottery she has been saving for me. It was given to my grandfather's family back in the days of the Revolution. Our relative...which would be my grandfather several times removed....:lol: was friends with George Washington and we have some hand made pottery pieces that were made on Mount Vernon. Grandma has been keeping them for me...I may have to drive to West Virginia to pick them up from her....:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 We have lots of OLD books. Many over 100 years old. I don't know which specific book is the oldest -- I'd have to do some digging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceinMD Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Our house was built (by my great great great grand uncle as a wedding gift for his bride, who bought the land for 5 shillings!) in 1794, and we have many, many old items. One fun one was a found item: when ds was about 3, we were out in the front yard - I glanced down and saw something shiny - a coin - - dated 1787 with Carlos of Spain on it! We've also found spear points out back - probably a thousand-plus years old. (I would have thought they were just flat rocks - but dh loves archaeology and flintknapping, so he could tell....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 My grandmother's watch. I am not exactly sure how old it is but from the style I am thinking 1940s. I also have a few family pictures that are about that old. No family heirlooms here. Of things that I bought personally, a wicker/rattan shelve/storage container that I bought in Japan about 23 years ago and a sweater of my dh's that is about that old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michelle in OK Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I'm not sure. My parents collected antiques and when they passed some of them came to me. I think it's a prayer bench (or kneeler) we picked up when we were stationed over seas. It's my favorite piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in Jax Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I recently inherited a set of earrings that are said to go back to the 1600s. I don't know if they're really that old, but I do know that we have a picture taken in 1878 of my great-great-great grandmother wearing them, and on the back of the picture it says that she had just inherited them from her great-grandmother. THAT is cool -- the earrings, in a photo with g-g-g-grandma!:thumbup1: I don't know about appraisal, but I'd think that it would be very cool to have a portrait of yourself (in a similar pose?) -- holding the photo of GGGgrandma, and note the link on the back. You might want to take macro photos of the earrings and email them to jewelry experts to see what era they appear to be from. I'd be leery of sending them anywhere, but sending photos could tell you a lot. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Hmmmm, we have a bunch of really old stuff, LOL. I have a kitchen cabinet that belonged to the mother of a great-uncle-by-marriage of mine. It's from around the mid-1850's. Also from about that period we have a trunk from one of my husband's grandmothers (her trusseau trunk), and a traveling trunk and cedar chest from one of his great-great-grandfathers, who my older son is named for (with his name on both). I guess those last would be from the first half of the 1800's. We also have his grandmother's sewing machine from the turn of the century. We have two tables of one of my grandmothers from around the turn of the century. I guess those are the oldest family pieces I have. I have other old stuff, too, LOL.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umarider Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I've got some "coin" silver from the early 1700's, and portraits of the "Grandcestors" (dd's term) from 1853. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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