What's the Oldest Thing In Your Home?

FlakJacket · Post by **FlakJacket** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:20 am

Random curiosity, but what's the oldest thing that the posters around here own? The house/flat itself no counting if you're a home owner.

Jeff Hauze · Post by **Jeff Hauze** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:26 am

I don't own it, but it's in the house. A foot-powered sewing machine from some point in the 1920's. Don't know an exact year.

Oldest thing I own? A stuffed rabbit I had as a kid that's stored on one of my shelves. 26 years old.

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:29 am

A Boy's Day kimono from the 1930s.

Serious Paul · Post by **Serious Paul** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:34 am

Unless I am mistaken I own nothing of any significant age, nor will I ever if it can be helped. I don't like collecting lots of stuff.

Kitt · Post by **Kitt** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:54 am

Oldest thing I own is my grandmother's awesome little handbag from the general area of 1952. She "loaned" it to me for West Side Story (2005), then realized that I adored it, and told me to keep it. Other than that, we've got a painting circa 1890's, and some jewelry from the same time period.
My personal favorites:
*A handmade dollhouse (dad's dad), ~20 years old
*A handmade rocking dog (also dad's dad), ~20 years old
*A wood-framed glass case containing a gorgeous porcealin doll, purchased by my mother's mother. The case was made by my mother's father. Whole shebang ~15 years old.
Not the oldest, but the niftiest, at least in my book.

Jeff Hauze · Post by **Jeff Hauze** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:28 am

Serious Paul wrote:Unless I am mistaken I own nothing of any significant age, nor will I ever if it can be helped. I don't like collecting lots of stuff.

Don't you own a copy of SR 1? That's 20 years or so, isn't it? So hah! You've got old stuff! YOU'RE OLD! FACE IT!

sinsual · Post by **sinsual** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:38 am

I will have to look, but I think my ex ended up with my cookbook printed back in the early 1800's(1816/1818) otherwise, it will have to be the painting of my wife's great Aunt Malsey done around the late 1700's early 1800's.

Cash · Post by **Cash** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:24 am

A 16 ga Winchester shotgun that my grandfather had when he was young.

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:45 am

Serious Paul wrote:Unless I am mistaken I own nothing of any significant age, nor will I ever if it can be helped. I don't like collecting lots of stuff.

Testify.

jo_alex · Post by **jo_alex** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:50 am

The oldest thing I own would be probably jeans shorts which I got ca 10 years ago, haven't worn much and still can fit.

Tiny Deev · Post by **Tiny Deev** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:05 am

Oldest thing in my home is a large chest, from before World War One.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:16 pm

I have a Roman coin from, I don't know, second century or something? It's barely legible, and not worth anything, but I appreciate its antiquity.

MissTeja · Post by **MissTeja** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:16 pm

I feel like there's something older, but I have an antique cookie jar that's been passed from mother to daughter for four generations.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:13 pm

Two-hundred year-old family bible (not our family's). Unless some of this stuff is older than it looks.

Brasky · Post by **Brasky** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:30 pm

My wife.

I don't have any antiques or anything, so I think it might be the original printing of Stephen King's "The Long Walk" (published under the Richard Bachman name)-- maybe I have some comics that are older, but I can't think of any of note.

Kai · Post by **Kai** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:50 pm

Uh....probably my great-grandmothers wedding ring

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:41 pm

I would probably have to say the oldest thing in my house is a stoneware plate setting. My parents gave it to me when I moved the last time...they got it for their wedding, 30 years ago. So it's roughly 30 years old. Maybe some pictures, but I'm not sure of them.

Iantha · Post by **Iantha** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:26 am

Paul.

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:09 pm

Yeah, see, I was going to do that. But I didn't want various body parts handed to me if she happened to read it.

Instant Cash · Post by **Instant Cash** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:14 pm

A rocking Chair that was a handed down to Jaded.

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:59 pm

The oldest thing that I personally own would be my first sax - a Buscher tenor made in the mid- to late-twenties. Gorgeous instrument.

Jeff Hauze · Post by **Jeff Hauze** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:44 pm

Reading Sal's post while slightly bleary-eyed leads to some funny ideas of him keeping his first girlfriend locked up in a glass case.

3278 · Post by **3278** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:46 pm

Bishop wrote:I would probably have to say the oldest thing in my house is a stoneware plate setting. My parents gave it to me when I moved the last time...they got it for their wedding, 30 years ago. So it's roughly 30 years old.

Then, no, it's not the oldest thing in your home. Grampa-in-law.

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:56 pm

The oldest thing I have is my baby blanket, made for me by my Aunt on the day I was born.

Bishop · Post by **Bishop** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:26 pm

3278 wrote:
Bishop wrote:I would probably have to say the oldest thing in my house is a stoneware plate setting. My parents gave it to me when I moved the last time...they got it for their wedding, 30 years ago. So it's roughly 30 years old.
Then, no, it's not the oldest thing in your home. Grampa-in-law.

Is that a legitimate thing?

3278 · Post by **3278** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:24 pm

If you were married, I don't see why not. Maybe it's considered "step-grampa," though.

Kitt · Post by **Kitt** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:07 am

Jeff Hauze wrote:Reading Sal's post while slightly bleary-eyed leads to some funny ideas of him keeping his first girlfriend locked up in a glass case.

Since the 20s? Eeeeeeeeeeeeee.

UncleJoseph · Post by **UncleJoseph** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:38 am

I think the oldest thing in my house is the my house itself, which was built in 1906.

Johnny the Bull · Post by **Johnny the Bull** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:50 am

The laptop that I bought last year. Last year was a full life reboot and it shows.

Heavy_D · Post by **Heavy_D** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:05 pm

A two and a half guilder note from 1953

Van Der Litreb · Post by **Van Der Litreb** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:35 pm

Salvation122 wrote:... a Buscher tenor made in the mid- to late-twenties.

Dude. Nice.

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:34 pm

Van Der Litreb wrote:
Salvation122 wrote:... a Buscher tenor made in the mid- to late-twenties.
Dude. Nice.

I actually have a Buscher C-Melody as well, which I completely forgot about until, like, right now. That one needs to be repadded but is otherwise in much better condition.

Daki · Post by **Daki** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:42 pm

Oldest would be a Civil War calvary sword. Second oldest is an Austrian officer's sword from WWI.

zemookie · Post by **zemookie** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:49 pm

old wooden art table from the 1930's

FlakJacket · Post by **FlakJacket** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:59 pm

For me it has to be the Japanese silk rank badge that clocks in at about 250 years old.

TLM · Post by **TLM** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:56 am

A book on animal husbandry that belonged to my great-grandfather, printed in 1868.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:59 pm

I have a game that is dated from ancient times....oh...wait...

The Wolfen · Post by **The Wolfen** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:36 pm

Limiting myself just to what I own personally, I think it'd be a pair of Crimean war cavalry sabers. There's a lot of really odd shit around my house though so I could have forgotten something.

paladin2019 · Post by **paladin2019** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:32 pm

Oldest thing in my current "home?" My rifle or my body armor. Or the knife in my pocket. That might be it.