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

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

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#2

I Am The Oldest Thing In My House

I Am The Oldest Thing In My House

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#3

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

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

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#4

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

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

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#5

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

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

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#7

Grandfather Clock From 1680s

Grandfather Clock From 1680s

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This clock was bought by one of my ancestors in London in the 1680s, survived a fire, crossed the Atlantic to Canada in the early 1900s, and crossed back last year to my home in France. It still works😁

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

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

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#9

This 1894 Copy Of The Three Musketeers

This 1894 Copy Of The Three Musketeers

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#10

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

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

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#11

A Roman Amphora Made 400 Years Before Jesus Was Born

A Roman Amphora Made 400 Years Before Jesus Was Born

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Jette Wang Wahnon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wine jar,Mediterranian...Jacques Cousteau once found some when diving that still contained wine. They opened it and drank a glass of Nectar from the Gods....a few minutes later it had turned into a vinegar-ish liquid due to the contact with the air..

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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

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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#13

A Roman Denarius Of The Republic, Over 2000 Years Old

A Roman Denarius Of The Republic, Over 2000 Years Old

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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

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

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something. His ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you."

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

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

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My nanna has one very simalar to this! She has slightly different handles though

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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).

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#18

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

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

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Jette Wang Wahnon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America has such a long history making quilts...waste not,want not and snippets from worn-out garments and such were turned into something wonderful...and useful..

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

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

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StrangeLittleThing
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very pretty! I like the mix between simplicity and not simplicity I don't know the word for it though!

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#20

Round Oak Dining Table C. 1890

Round Oak Dining Table C. 1890

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Normally I give people crap for refinishing antique furniture, but my grandmother bought this at the Salvation Army in 1960 and refinished it then. It suffered some water damage in storage, so I refinished it again, this time in blue, because why not.

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#21

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

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

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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

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

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#23

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

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have a pair of those too, but instead of horses, we just use them when we get stumped at Where's Waldo.

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#24

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

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

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Stannous Flouride
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It probably was welded to the top of a nail. This was a popular prank back then when a penny had the purchasing power of about 20¢ today. Just enough to make someone bend down to pick it up.

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

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

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had one of those when I was a kid, not sure what happened to it. The oldest video game system I still have is an Atari 2600.

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

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

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It plays the "Westminster Quarters" chimes :) it still works but I have stopped using it until I can get the hinge of the glass cover fixed, and the wood retouched. (Flax mat is from my second foray into flax weaving from my garden, I gave the first one away as customary)

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

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

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BuiZerd van der Valk
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great piece. I do have African headrests as well in my collection of tribal art.

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

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

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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)

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)

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#32

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.

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.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dont get me wrong- i have fossils and such too, but i just felt like posting this one :3

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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.

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.

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

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

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