“What’s The Oldest Item Or Piece Of Furniture In Your House”: 35 Oldest Items Shared By Our Community

Old things are very intriguing. They have a certain aura of mystery, a patina of history, and usually, an interesting story.

Without you even knowing what it is, there's certainly an old piece of furniture or an item lying around your house. It'd be fun to see what kind of antique curiosities you may find in your home, and I'd be happy to see it!

Share it, rate it, discuss it. Let's see who will have the oldest and the most interesting object at home in the Bored Panda community!

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This Trunk That Came Through Elis Island With My Great, Great Grandparents

Final score:

129points

Rae Reyn

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I Am The Oldest Thing In My House

Final score:

113points

Al Christensen

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The Beams In Our Ceiling That Have Bern In Place Since Around 1650

Final score:

111points

Sloopi

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This Gramophone I Got From My Grandma. I Don't Know How Old It Is. It's Still Working Though

Final score:

104points

Lene

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Fully-Functioning 1914 National Cash Register. 1914 Is The Last Year They Used Brass Due To WWI

Final score:

102points

Sara Frazer

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This Little Trilobite - Approx. 500 Million Years Old

Final score:

102points

Ray Martin

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Grandfather Clock From 1680s

Final score:

97points

phanmo

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1907 Crawford Cast Iron Stove I Finished Restoring Just This Week.

Final score:

97points

panam888

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This 1894 Copy Of The Three Musketeers

Final score:

95points

Candace Fitzpatrick

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Old Family Bibles From The 1820s And My Great, Great Grandparents Civil War Daguerreotypes

Final score:

83points

herzoom

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#11

A Roman Amphora Made 400 Years Before Jesus Was Born

Final score:

83points

Andy Saputo

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#12

I Think I Might Take The Cake On This One, No Bragging Intended. This Piece Of The Muoniomalusta Meteorite Is Part Of The Oldest Iron Meteorites Known

It's thought to be a piece of an ancient proto-planet likely older than the earth. It's just about the oldest thing you can touch. The pic is right after I had it certified, but now it sits in a moisture controlled glass container in my house.

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Final score:

79points

Gandalf the Pink

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#13

A Roman Denarius Of The Republic, Over 2000 Years Old

Final score:

76points

ADHORTATOR

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#14

My Grandfather's Pocket Watch. Given To Him By His Father As A Graduation Present In 1918. Manufactured By The Waltham American Watch Company In 1887

Final score:

69points

John Dilligaf

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#15

This Photo Of My Great-Grandparents

Final score:

68points

Kiki

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#16

My Estate Desk. It's Roughly The Same Age As The Declaration Of Independence (Handles Unfortunately Not Original)

Final score:

68points

Christophe D

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#17

1960s-1970s - My Mum's Well-Travelled Make-Up And Wig Cases. In A Band With My Dad, The Four Ways Bumper Sticker Was From Their Fan Club. Bottom Pic Shows The Cool Baggage Tags And Stickers From Japan Air Lines, China Airlines, Cp Air, Qantas, And Pan Am (Top Black And White Stub With Bs). And Pows Were, Of Course, Prisoners Of War (Vietnam).

1960s-1970s - My Mum's Well-Travelled Make-Up And Wig Cases. In A Band With My Dad, The Four Ways Bumper Sticker Was From Their Fan Club. Bottom Pic Shows The Cool Baggage Tags And Stickers From Japan Air Lines, China Airlines, Cp Air, Qantas, And Pan Am (Top Black And White Stub With Bs). And Pows Were, Of Course, Prisoners Of War (Vietnam).

Final score:

66points

Tiny Dancer

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#18

This Quilt Was A Wedding Gift To My Great-Great-Great-Grandparents In 1847.

Final score:

63points

Jennifer Hamlin

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#19

My Great Grandmother's Engagement Ring. Circa 1912 I Believe

Final score:

60points

Ria C.

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#20

Round Oak Dining Table C. 1890

Final score:

56points

M O'Connell

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#21

My Greek Bronze Spear, Ca. 1000-700 Bc.

Final score:

56points

Pan Narrans

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#22

Some Old But Not Gold Items We Have At Home ---> Large Fossil I Found In France As A Kid + Indus Valley Bowl Approx. 2800-2600 Bc / Mehrgar Periode Vii Pakistan / Dutch Pommegranate-Tile Approx. 1625

Final score:

56points

BuiZerd van der Valk

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#23

Pocket Binoculars My Grand-Grand-Mother Used To Watch Horse Races In Vincennes Hippodrome

Final score:

55points

ultravioletmaglite

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Our Whole House Is Old, But We Have A Penny Stuck In The Floor. No Idea How It Got Stuck. As Far As We Know It’s Original To The House From The 1930s

Final score:

53points

jessica's chemistry teacher

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#25

A 1977 Binatone Pong Games Console. One Of The First Home Consoles

Final score:

52points

Shadow Hexus

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#26

The Clock My Grandfather Got For His Parents When He Was A Teen

Final score:

50points

Lauren Caswell

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#27

My Favourite African Sculpture (Headrest) End 19th Cent.bought By My Grandfather In 1904.from Angola

Final score:

49points

Jette Wang Wahnon

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#28

Chest Of Drawers, Late Xix Century

Final score:

47points

Magazine

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#29

Old School Crayon Box. Not Sure Of The Age But Found In My Husband's Grandma's House

Final score:

46points

Tara Clarkson

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#30

Nothing In My House Is New....self Included..

Final score:

44points

Jette Wang Wahnon

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#31

My Most Prized Possession! And Old One Pence Piece From 1917! (And Yes I Added A Picture Of The Other Side So You Would Know It Was Real)

Final score:

44points

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I Am An Awful Judge Of What Is Old Or Not, But Its Gotta Be This Trunk That My Grandma Gave Me. She Claims Its From My Great-Great-Grandmother.

Final score:

44points

_Thirteen13_

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My House Itself! My House Is Over 200 Years And Was An Old Factory Building In The 1840’s. There’s Still The Presence Of One Of The Workers In The Basement.

Final score:

41points

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#34

My Husband's T-Shirt From Def Leppard's 1987-1988 Hysteria Tour.

Final score:

40points

Carol Emory

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What do you think ?

Must Be Bored Again 3 years ago

I have always been a sentimental collector and the family historian and my husband was exactly the same in his family. We had so many items tied to deep family memories and traditions. He passed a few years ago but I couldn't get rid of anything of his. Lost EVERYTHING except the clothes on my back in September 2020 forest fires. So many incredible, beautiful items that are only intact in my mind. Treasure your items of living history, they are incredibly precious.

8points

Brivid 2 years ago

I'm so sorry.

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Incitatus 3 years ago

My oldest item is a 3rd century AD bronze brooch in the shape of a swastika, which was good luck for the Ronans back then.

6points

CowboyHank 3 years ago

Some Eastern religions still use the swastika. It was never meant to be a bad symbol. It's actually supposed to represent good luck and prosperity.

4points

UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago

I’m jealous of people with a connection to some piece of history. I only have a few items dating back to early childhood (70s) and some letters my parents sent to each other when dating (late 60s).

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“What’s The Oldest Item Or Piece Of Furniture In Your House”: 35 Oldest Items Shared By Our Community

This Trunk That Came Through Elis Island With My Great, Great Grandparents

I Am The Oldest Thing In My House

The Beams In Our Ceiling That Have Bern In Place Since Around 1650

This Gramophone I Got From My Grandma. I Don't Know How Old It Is. It's Still Working Though

Fully-Functioning 1914 National Cash Register. 1914 Is The Last Year They Used Brass Due To WWI

This Little Trilobite - Approx. 500 Million Years Old

Grandfather Clock From 1680s

1907 Crawford Cast Iron Stove I Finished Restoring Just This Week.

This 1894 Copy Of The Three Musketeers

Old Family Bibles From The 1820s And My Great, Great Grandparents Civil War Daguerreotypes

A Roman Amphora Made 400 Years Before Jesus Was Born

I Think I Might Take The Cake On This One, No Bragging Intended. This Piece Of The Muoniomalusta Meteorite Is Part Of The Oldest Iron Meteorites Known

A Roman Denarius Of The Republic, Over 2000 Years Old

My Grandfather's Pocket Watch. Given To Him By His Father As A Graduation Present In 1918. Manufactured By The Waltham American Watch Company In 1887

This Photo Of My Great-Grandparents

My Estate Desk. It's Roughly The Same Age As The Declaration Of Independence (Handles Unfortunately Not Original)

This Quilt Was A Wedding Gift To My Great-Great-Great-Grandparents In 1847.

My Great Grandmother's Engagement Ring. Circa 1912 I Believe

Round Oak Dining Table C. 1890

My Greek Bronze Spear, Ca. 1000-700 Bc.

Some Old But Not Gold Items We Have At Home ---> Large Fossil I Found In France As A Kid + Indus Valley Bowl Approx. 2800-2600 Bc / Mehrgar Periode Vii Pakistan / Dutch Pommegranate-Tile Approx. 1625

Pocket Binoculars My Grand-Grand-Mother Used To Watch Horse Races In Vincennes Hippodrome

Our Whole House Is Old, But We Have A Penny Stuck In The Floor. No Idea How It Got Stuck. As Far As We Know It’s Original To The House From The 1930s

A 1977 Binatone Pong Games Console. One Of The First Home Consoles

The Clock My Grandfather Got For His Parents When He Was A Teen

My Favourite African Sculpture (Headrest) End 19th Cent.bought By My Grandfather In 1904.from Angola

Chest Of Drawers, Late Xix Century

Old School Crayon Box. Not Sure Of The Age But Found In My Husband's Grandma's House

Nothing In My House Is New....self Included..

My Most Prized Possession! And Old One Pence Piece From 1917! (And Yes I Added A Picture Of The Other Side So You Would Know It Was Real)

I Am An Awful Judge Of What Is Old Or Not, But Its Gotta Be This Trunk That My Grandma Gave Me. She Claims Its From My Great-Great-Grandmother.

My House Itself! My House Is Over 200 Years And Was An Old Factory Building In The 1840’s. There’s Still The Presence Of One Of The Workers In The Basement.

My Husband's T-Shirt From Def Leppard's 1987-1988 Hysteria Tour.

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