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a) thing in your house which is still used
b) thing in your house which is purely decorative
(I'm ignoring the fabric of your house and referring only to its contents)
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a) I have a collection of antique silver and I regularly use a spoon which dates to 1705
b) I have a silver coin from the reign of Elizabeth 1 which is probably about 1580 ish. I'll bet that is modern compared to fossils etc!
b) thing in your house which is purely decorative
(I'm ignoring the fabric of your house and referring only to its contents)
Jokes concerning your OH are taken as read.
I'll start
a) I have a collection of antique silver and I regularly use a spoon which dates to 1705
b) I have a silver coin from the reign of Elizabeth 1 which is probably about 1580 ish. I'll bet that is modern compared to fossils etc!
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The oldest thing in my house that's purely decorative? Me, of course!
I've got a piece of rock, containing fool's gold, that was given to me in Australia. So I suppose that it could be said that it's really old. (I might still have a couple of little boxes containing samples of different types of quartzes, etc, somewhere around the house; I can't remember whether I donated them to a charity shop or not though).
I still use a hammer that my father got from his father (and which might have been fairly old even then), so it's likely to be more than a century old.
I've got a piece of rock, containing fool's gold, that was given to me in Australia. So I suppose that it could be said that it's really old. (I might still have a couple of little boxes containing samples of different types of quartzes, etc, somewhere around the house; I can't remember whether I donated them to a charity shop or not though).
I still use a hammer that my father got from his father (and which might have been fairly old even then), so it's likely to be more than a century old.
I have many, and still collect copper ornaments from the 60s and older, you can pick them up very cheap from a lot of the charity shops when people pass on. Not many people want them because of the polishing, some look better not polished. The ones i do clean gives me something to do in the winter months.
I have a beautiful clock which I rescued from the garage when I was a teenager. My grandad brought it with him when he came to live with us and my parents wouldn’t have it in the house. It bongs every 15 minutes and on the hour. My grandad bought it in a stately home sale, for my grandma, in the 30s, the clock is considerably older than that though. We had it restored a few years after we married and it sits in the hall on a set of drawers we bought especially for it, I love it.
Purely decorative has to be a sampler passed down through the family, it’s ancient and fraying at the edges. We had it framed by a specialist, fraying edges included. It hangs with a number of other embroideries, done by various family members, on the wall going up the stairs. I love that too.
Purely decorative has to be a sampler passed down through the family, it’s ancient and fraying at the edges. We had it framed by a specialist, fraying edges included. It hangs with a number of other embroideries, done by various family members, on the wall going up the stairs. I love that too.
OH has a collection of old coins and banknotes from around the world, Vintage golf programmes and quite an impressive stamp collection. Other than that the only old things in this house are person items such as jewellery, etc.
We literally replaced everything in this house after we renovated. Even vases and photo frames are new.
We literally replaced everything in this house after we renovated. Even vases and photo frames are new.
