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Someone Asked Our Community To Share Pics Of The Oldest Object In Their House, 30 Delivered
You know when you have this classic object from the past that you know is way older than you. It's amazing how this one object could have experienced more than you. Tell us about that here.
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My Grandfather's Clock, Circa 1770
This clock has been in my family a long time. It's older than the US and it still works perfectly!
Me
Because I am moving house and everything that I have that is older has been boxed.
I was thinking of doing this but don't want to admit that I'm old. 😕🥴😒
My Aunt At 2 Years Old, 100 Years Ago, 1922
Mum Just Turned 90 Today
Her birthday "today" memorialized here forever, Happy Birthday Grandma. Wishing u happy, blesses n healty times, for years to comes! BtW, 90? She looks ageless!
Mahogany Riveria Radio. Circa 1920. Still Works Great, Beautiful Sound
I Have No Idea How Old It Is, But It Works Like A Charm And Can Sew Pretty Much Anything You Put Under It
Egg Basket Made By My Great Grandfather Sometime Between 1896 And 1900
Melon baskets (because of the shape) are the best! They hold so much stuff down inside there. I've never heard them called egg baskets but it makes perfect sense.
A Portrait Of My Great-Great-Grandmother. It's Around 160 Years Old
I'm with you there. I have serious doubts about the age. Most likely its from the 2000s
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The hair style shows a high ponytail drawn up and folding inward. This was a early 2000s/mid-aughts style. (I've got a background in fashion and used to own a clothing business.) I would guess this picture, based on the artistic style and the hair, is from around 2003-2007. The butterflies, too. Lord, you couldn't get away from butterflies back then. Pop culture was obsessed because of Mariah Carey.
she did a self-portrait actually, and i have two other drawings of hers that she did. she did a lot of surrealistic artwork.
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The butterfly is literally traced from google images 😂 you can find the EXACT photograph it was traced from if you google ‘monarch butterfly’. It’s the image where the butterfly has landed on a lilac flower. Why are you lying for internet clout?
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Surrealistic art in 1862? In a paper that didn't aged at all? And she also "was supposed to be on the Titanic but missed her ship"? Sure.
I was being funny please udnerstand that.
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Lol, absolutely not from that time period. (I'll take the hate for saying it bluntly.)
She was actually going to be on the Titanic, but missed her ship!!
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Do you know the artist or anything? Anymore pictures of her? I'd love to see haha
i don't inherit any of those traits haha i have a massive attack of curly hair
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huh.....maybe? not really though
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Beautiful image but I think there's a very romanticised family story here. Very asynchronous hair do and missing their spot on the titanic aside (if so she would have been in her mid-late 70s based on the dates given, but possible), someone else posted this reference - potentially a later addition to the picture, but far too similar to be a coincidence: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2019/10/17/migrating-monarchs-making-comeback-central-texas-bug-watchers-say/2486459007/
Not really. Frida had a very painting unique style. It's not this. Lots of artists have done the painting of foliage around the subject. That goes back to the before the middle ages.
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There is a very easy way to tell that this sketch is recent: The model's eyes are closed. If this is a self-portrait, her eyes would be open. Only recently, when people starting taking photos of themselves with their eyes closed for reference, did the genre of closed eyes self portraits emerge.
Whatever people draw whatever way they like. I did self portraits as a teenager with my eyes closed because I found it easier to do. Your comment doesn't make sense and it looks like an attempt to knock holes in someone's story for the purpose of trying to support your thought of it not being true.
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Lol, WTF? Evidently that exact same butterfly was still alive and posing in the exact same position at the Johnson wildflower center in October of 2020. https://amp.statesman.com/amp/113680022
I usually just lurk here but y'all are being jerks. OP seems to believe what they say and you're upsetting them. Imo it's a really nice piece and I'm willing to believe it's from where they say it's from- after all, what harm is their claim doing any of you? If it isn't true, are they really hurting anyone? I think not. So stop being assholes <3
People dis a reverse image search. And found her story to be a lie
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Maybe the poster meant that their great great grandmother lived 160 years ago… does that math add up to be close? I’m too lazy to figure it out. 😂
I don't inherit any of those traits though, I have the most massive attack of curly hair that I have to straighten
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Sorry - do not believe this. That hair and make up looks very modern, would you look at the lipstick - 2000's definitley.
Gotta say, you may want to take down this post. It's obviously not old, the internet can be a cruel place when you're caught lying. Do yourself a favor and delete it!
Nobody doubting the veracity of this portrait seems to know the Pre-Raphaelites, this portrait is not far from that aesthetic.
Your GGrandmother was a delicate beauty with a swanlike neck. She was stunning.
Yeah and the late 70s and 80s are making a come back so who knows. The picture is beautiful either way
Most certainly could have been done by a great grandmother, but not one who was born in the 1800s. The OP's bio says she's 20 years old.
The people commenting on the age of this as is the op is just wrong is ridiculous. Just because this wasn’t the style at the time, doesn’t meanthey’re wrong. They never said the person was a professional artist. If I sat down to draw something today, I wouldn’t know what the current style is. If you don’t believe them, that’s fine but you don’t need to take the time to comment on here you basically think they’re lying or misinformed. Maybe you’re wrong?
They did a reverse image and found her picture to be a lie.
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Haha thanks for your comment!
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Never really thought about it, but you're probably right!!
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i've typed it twice before: this is a self-portrait, and from the other two drawings i have of hers that she's done, she did a lot of surrealistic artwork. i found it in a box called "Helena 1860"
Load More Replies... Hey guys I normally just lurk here but y'all are being jerks. OP seems to believe what they're saying and you're upsetting them. IMO it's a beautiful piece of artwork, and though I know nothing about art history I'm perfectly willing to believe it's from the period they say it's from. It isn't doing any of you, or anyone else harm, so just, stop being assholes about it.
A Whole Shelf Of Vintage Things
Oldest Known Fossil: 3.48 Billion Year Old Stromatolite
It's A Cast Iron Foo Dog Incense Burner, From The Late Qing Dynasty (China). Roughly 130 Years Old
My Doll, Given To Me When My Sister Was Born 1950
Trilobite I Found, South Africa. Approximately 250m Years Old
This Photo I Found At A Flea-Market. The Back Says 05.09.1917
An Original Restored Pharmacy Now Used For Coffee Accessories
The Lintel Of The Front Door 1678. Doubs France
My Favorite Picture, Circa 1900
My great-grandmother and grandmother are in the crowd.
I used to call the woman on the left, all in black, the Wicked Witch of the West. Kids, what can I say?
Butter Mold
Belonged to my mother-in-law's mom. My mother-in-law was born in 1924, so this is at least 100 years old. Her mother sold butter molded in this to her neighbors in Rome, Georgia.
Dutch And Hebrew Psalm Book From 1666. My Antique Dealer Friend Says It's Worth $20
An Old Singer Sewing Machine From (Maybe) The 60s
Definitely older, if it has a treadle---though many of those old machines were electrified later on. If it works, you have a real treasure. If it doesn't, it could probably be made to run. Those early Singers are darn near indestructible. (My own Singer is a baby by comparison--1949 and I wouldn't trade it for anything.)
My Grand Grandmother's Plant Pot, Circa 1896, Art Nouveau/Liberty
66 Million
This Marble My Sister Found In Our Parents' Field 15 Years Ago. Unknown Date, Guessing Circa 1920
I Have This Magazine From The 40s But Don’t Have A Pic Of It So Here’s My Vintage Protector From The Early 50s
Dinosaur Coprolites Have Been Dated Back To The Cretaceous Period (146–66 Million Years Ago)
I'm guessing it belonged to a paleontologist, but he got tired of studying the same old $hit and sold it.
I Recently Acquired This Ancient Item, Specifically For Its Age
Wish I could edit my post. With reference to grabbing screen from my Heritage Auction Archives.... also replace with my own photo later. Lame 1st post from me. Will do better if I post again...
1760s Ten Plate Stove
This stove was used during the revolutionary war. I live near valley forge Pa, very historic area. It is said that George Washington used ten plate stoves. We found this in the woods!
Wooden German Carving. Working Clock And Waterwheel
Great Grandad George Who Is 90 In April!
Wow....he's so dapper. We should all age so well and be so fashionable when we are that age.
Hockey Stick 1972 Summit Series Signed By Players
A Brass Cigarette Lighter That Belonged To My Great Grandfather Who Served In WWI
My Old Silver Collection. Some Items Are More Than A Century Old
My Mom, Who Turned 100 In February. Long May She Live
Ancient Kandarian Summoning Book
Bound in human flesh and inked in blood. It has the power to harness the Kandarian demon's ability to control both the dead and deadites, as well as summon the Kandarian demon itself.
Flint Blades From Neolithic Egypt, Around 7000-5000 BCE
The Printed Book Is From 1794, The Handwritten Text - 1741
Late 1500s/Early 1600s Chest On Chest Passed Down In The Family
Brought over from England. May have been in Europe before that. Built like a beast.
"Restoring" it was the hard part because, since it's so antique, you have to use things only available and used during the era it was built. So it took me a lot of research before I even started. Have to use beeswax candles to keep the drawers even remotely slidable.
Winnie The Pooh. Had Him Since The Day I Was Born. I'm 40
My grandmother had the first editions of the original first two Winnie the Pooh books by A.A. Milne, published in 1926, as well as first editions of 3 Ernest Thompson Seton works. I've collected a number of vintage books and love their history!
My Great-Grandmother’s Sewing Machine, Circa 1920s/1930s
Usually set into a wood table but removed during our recent move for ease of transport as this thing is heavy. Also planning on repairing and refinishing the table it folds into. I’m a professional seamstress so I love having this family heirloom. Was also used to make my great-aunt’s wedding dress in 1952, which I also have if anyone wants to see.
I was just saying to someone else, and I'm sure you've already considered this, but to maintain its value it's a good idea to research what products were used during the period it was built so you don't degrade the value of it by using modern products to restore it. I have an old Singer first electric series that's from the mid or late 1890s that my son restored and gave me. He buys, restores, and sells them as a hobby. He uses kerosene to clean these old machines--iso alcohol ruins the lacquer. Same applies to restoring the cabinets. Electric sanders, modern polymer-based paints and finishes will ruin the value bc they aren't period-true. Antique specialists often say that it's better to leave something falling apart than to try to fix it using modern methods. I imagine you considered this, already, since you are a professional, but I thought I'd throw that in there in case you were considering updating it to modern standards in order to optimize its function. :)
Early 1950s Sewing Machine From Macy’s. Belonged To My Great-Aunt And Still Works Perfectly!
Though the shape is similar, the difference in weight between this one and my great-grandmother’s older machine is huge. This one is still heavy, probably around 25-30lbs, but the older one feels like one solid hunk of iron and probably weighs closer to 50lbs. Sorry to bend the rules by sharing them both, but I don’t have a lot of heirlooms, and so I’m very proud or and attached to the ones I do have, especially my sewing related ones, as I am a professional seamstress and designer. Also my great aunt took such good care of her things! She regularly has this thing serviced up until she died! It still has its accessories, carrying case, AND instruction booklet!
Front And Back Of A Framed Postcard Postmarked 1911, With A Benjamin Franklin 1 Cent Stamp
I found this while out thrifting for pictures but I didn't realize how old it was until I took it home.
I couldn't read parts of the message but here's appx. what it says, with original punctuation: Addressed to Mrs. John Lessard, Burlington, WA: Dear Sister, How are you getting along. Are you going on the farm soon. we have moved to Bristol now. We have a horse now. Will got it from his home wh---. We got a farm now so sue can k--- it. Your sister, Elsie W. Bristol Wi----
My Coffee Pot
Grandma bought one just like it in Egypt the late 1950s. Her husband was a college professor and invited to teach in Egypt for a year.
“Harry 1876”
Bought This At A Yard Sale. Notice Creepy Child Peeking!
This Is My Grandma's Toy Flatiron. She Got It In 1909 When She Was Five Years Old
Bible With 1889 Inscription
Oh man, this reminds me...we have a family bible from my husband's side of the family that goes back to the 1400s! It's over 2 feet long and at least 1.5 feet wide. Biggest bible I've ever seen in my life. It's guided in gold with gold locks and has some kind of metal outer covers...I am guessing probably retrofitted well after 1400 to keep it from falling apart. Looks more like a box than a bible, at first glance. But this one you have has a lot more character than his, which I think is grey (we haven't pulled it out in like ten years) and it's so fragile you really don't want to even touch it. :/
This Is My Great Grandma's Piano Stool
She even wrote her name on a piece of tape and stuck it on the bottom. I never got to meet her, but I feel connected to her based on what I've heard and this lovely piece she left behind.
Binoculars From Circa 1917
I had a can of Cranberry sauce with best if used by date June 1997. It exploded October 2019.
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I just learned that I should treat my singer sewing machine with more respect.
Absolutely. If you can find the model/serial number on it you can look it up and find out a lot about it. Those things were built to last.
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Lol was gonna ask my mom as a joke but decided not to make her feel bad
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I have an 17th century British land deed, which I thought was pretty cool
I had found a fossil with my best friend circa 7 years ago. It's an ammonite so sadly not that special but I'm still very proud that I found it with only 8-9 years. 😊
We have a TON of stuff that's several centuries old. We have a 18th century leather beer pourer that we use as a waste paper basket. We have a Cromwellian table, mid 1600s. In a display cabinet we have tons and tons of trinkets from around the world that great-grand relatives brought back from their travels. I have photos of relatives from mid 1800s. We have art that's several hundred years old. Lots of jewelry from 1800s. This house could open up as a museum and do just fine.
Same here. Between my house and my mil house we could have a antique museum. Every year me and her go to the 411 highway yard sales (look it up) and score every single time. I ended up with a 1700s pure sterling silver rose and hummingbird ring. I paid 25 cents. It's worth about 1700. Whoop whoop. Lol.
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I have a golden ring that my MIL gave me. The central piece used to be an earing that my husband's great-grandmother owned. My MIL is 75 now. Also given from my MIL, a copper water container from the 40s-50s, she used to use when she was a kid. And at work a have a couple of fossilized oyster shells I found on the ground. We live in a hilly area about 1h30min from the sea. But there used to be the ocean here during the Pliocene epoch. So it is quite common to find fossilized shells everytime there's heavy rains or when we tillage the fields.
In 2000 I worked on an archeological exaction of what had been a coastal villa near Cumae, Italy (just west of Naples). At about the 1st century CE level I found a chunk of pumice about 25cm across. Without its being chemically analyzed it's impossible to be certain but given its location and stratigraphy it may well have come from one of the several Vesuvius eruptions that destroyed Herculanium and Pompeii. I have older stuff (dino bones and coprolites) but it's one of my favorites.
I have a ton of old/antique books. They're my babies. I'm not religious but my pride and joy is the old family bible dating back to 1881. It's all in German too.
I love antiques. I have furniture that dates back to 1890 that is in perfect condition. Unfortunately my phone will not allow me to upload the pictures. It sat in the parlor of a very well todo friend of mine. They owned a winery and the furniture was only sat on during holidays. I am not sure what it is worth but it was left to me after her passing, so to me it is priceless.
I don't have pictures but some of the oldest things in my house include the medals my great grandma won - she was a dancer who specialized in Ballet, and was trained by the Russian Ballet. With those medals are pamphlets from shows by Anna Pavlova, too, my great grandma was a huge fan. I own other old things like various antiques, but my great grandmas medals are more interesting family history. :)
My grandpa has this bible that’s like 100s of years old, it’s been it the family for generations and has a place in the middle for births, deaths, and marriages, some from 1860-1920. The cover is so pretty and embellished, it’s like from a a movie.
My brother is an antiques dealer. His whole house is full of the most interesting and old stuff! Also my great great grandfather was an archaeologist so there's some interesting things we've inherited. My favourite is an inscribed posy ring from the finger of a body in a plague pit.
I have some old Roman coins. Probably the oldest human made things in my house. But they aren't hard to find. Probably the coolest old thing I have is a souvenir American flag from the 1876 Worlds Fair in Philadelphia. The flag was a gift from my father, who found it at a flee market in Brazil (my home country). It had been brought back to Brazil by somebody visiting the fair in 1876. It has in fact been authenticated. When I showed it to the curator at the museum where the world's fair took place, he literally jumped with excitement. And yes, literally. He had seen them before, but most are in much worse condition, usually torn up, they were cheaply made to hand out. But whoever brought this one to Brazil, had it encased in glass. I have since replaced the glass with a plastic that also reduces UV light, to slow down the fading.
Also, my mother has a coin from the Brazilian Empire. Whenever I remind her that she has it, she argues that she couldn't possibly have one. Then we open her coin box, and she's pleasantly surprised to see it there. I'm starting to worry about her as i write this.
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Don't have a picture, but my great-grandmother's old bowls. They mean a lot to me.
The oldest thing in my house is a marble-topped telephone stand from the 1920s. I use it as a lamp table.
Apart from photos of great-grandparents, probably the house itself, it's about 90 years old. Oh the garden trees are probably 100+ but can't really tell
Cannon balls in pasture. I have lost count of how many hammers and other tools. Railroad spikes. This was cotton 100+ years. I keep losing pliers and screwdrivers.
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Why, just why? You're either 5 years old or you're just really stupid.
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I had a can of Cranberry sauce with best if used by date June 1997. It exploded October 2019.
Load More Replies... I just learned that I should treat my singer sewing machine with more respect.
Absolutely. If you can find the model/serial number on it you can look it up and find out a lot about it. Those things were built to last.
Load More Replies... Lol was gonna ask my mom as a joke but decided not to make her feel bad
Load More Replies... I have an 17th century British land deed, which I thought was pretty cool
I had found a fossil with my best friend circa 7 years ago. It's an ammonite so sadly not that special but I'm still very proud that I found it with only 8-9 years. 😊
We have a TON of stuff that's several centuries old. We have a 18th century leather beer pourer that we use as a waste paper basket. We have a Cromwellian table, mid 1600s. In a display cabinet we have tons and tons of trinkets from around the world that great-grand relatives brought back from their travels. I have photos of relatives from mid 1800s. We have art that's several hundred years old. Lots of jewelry from 1800s. This house could open up as a museum and do just fine.
Same here. Between my house and my mil house we could have a antique museum. Every year me and her go to the 411 highway yard sales (look it up) and score every single time. I ended up with a 1700s pure sterling silver rose and hummingbird ring. I paid 25 cents. It's worth about 1700. Whoop whoop. Lol.
Load More Replies... I have a golden ring that my MIL gave me. The central piece used to be an earing that my husband's great-grandmother owned. My MIL is 75 now. Also given from my MIL, a copper water container from the 40s-50s, she used to use when she was a kid. And at work a have a couple of fossilized oyster shells I found on the ground. We live in a hilly area about 1h30min from the sea. But there used to be the ocean here during the Pliocene epoch. So it is quite common to find fossilized shells everytime there's heavy rains or when we tillage the fields.
In 2000 I worked on an archeological exaction of what had been a coastal villa near Cumae, Italy (just west of Naples). At about the 1st century CE level I found a chunk of pumice about 25cm across. Without its being chemically analyzed it's impossible to be certain but given its location and stratigraphy it may well have come from one of the several Vesuvius eruptions that destroyed Herculanium and Pompeii. I have older stuff (dino bones and coprolites) but it's one of my favorites.
I have a ton of old/antique books. They're my babies. I'm not religious but my pride and joy is the old family bible dating back to 1881. It's all in German too.
I love antiques. I have furniture that dates back to 1890 that is in perfect condition. Unfortunately my phone will not allow me to upload the pictures. It sat in the parlor of a very well todo friend of mine. They owned a winery and the furniture was only sat on during holidays. I am not sure what it is worth but it was left to me after her passing, so to me it is priceless.
I don't have pictures but some of the oldest things in my house include the medals my great grandma won - she was a dancer who specialized in Ballet, and was trained by the Russian Ballet. With those medals are pamphlets from shows by Anna Pavlova, too, my great grandma was a huge fan. I own other old things like various antiques, but my great grandmas medals are more interesting family history. :)
My grandpa has this bible that’s like 100s of years old, it’s been it the family for generations and has a place in the middle for births, deaths, and marriages, some from 1860-1920. The cover is so pretty and embellished, it’s like from a a movie.
My brother is an antiques dealer. His whole house is full of the most interesting and old stuff! Also my great great grandfather was an archaeologist so there's some interesting things we've inherited. My favourite is an inscribed posy ring from the finger of a body in a plague pit.
I have some old Roman coins. Probably the oldest human made things in my house. But they aren't hard to find. Probably the coolest old thing I have is a souvenir American flag from the 1876 Worlds Fair in Philadelphia. The flag was a gift from my father, who found it at a flee market in Brazil (my home country). It had been brought back to Brazil by somebody visiting the fair in 1876. It has in fact been authenticated. When I showed it to the curator at the museum where the world's fair took place, he literally jumped with excitement. And yes, literally. He had seen them before, but most are in much worse condition, usually torn up, they were cheaply made to hand out. But whoever brought this one to Brazil, had it encased in glass. I have since replaced the glass with a plastic that also reduces UV light, to slow down the fading.
Also, my mother has a coin from the Brazilian Empire. Whenever I remind her that she has it, she argues that she couldn't possibly have one. Then we open her coin box, and she's pleasantly surprised to see it there. I'm starting to worry about her as i write this.
Load More Replies... Don't have a picture, but my great-grandmother's old bowls. They mean a lot to me.
The oldest thing in my house is a marble-topped telephone stand from the 1920s. I use it as a lamp table.
Apart from photos of great-grandparents, probably the house itself, it's about 90 years old. Oh the garden trees are probably 100+ but can't really tell
Cannon balls in pasture. I have lost count of how many hammers and other tools. Railroad spikes. This was cotton 100+ years. I keep losing pliers and screwdrivers.
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Why, just why? You're either 5 years old or you're just really stupid.
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