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[nicebloke1]

Whats the oldest piece of furniture or item in your house. I have a victorian metal plant stand about 3 feet high that I found in a out house about 20years ago. With surface rust on it I had it sand blasted, then repainted it.

[Canary42]

Me.

[nicebloke1]

Well I knew that one would come up

[barry1010]

Probably a blanket chest that was very old when it was given to us when we first set up home.  Probably 150 years old, could be much older.  Solid oak

[wolf63]

None of my furniture is more than a year old.  I bought new furniture when I moved here last year.

I have some old books 1880s 

[MargoTester]

Not furniture but I have an antique brass and copper coaching horn c1820 a Victorian copper kettle with an amber handle

[Barmaid]

Oldest piece of furniture is an oak seat and the back flips down and converts to a table - dated around 1780.

Oldest possession is an Elizabeth I silver penny from 1585, I think.

[jno]

ancient Egyptian necklace. The string's modern, the beads are about 4000 years old.

[Redhelen72]

Chinese chest that goes back to approx 1850 although could be older and a rather battered musket no idea of the age though

[nicebloke1]

Well so far it looks like Drew Pritchard don't have it all just yet.😁

[davebro3]

A sideboard - probably 70s.

PS - I went to buy a wall unit but it had gone so I bought the sideboard instead. I think the sideboard has been the better buy!

[davebro3]

schreiber

[ubasses]

1912 anniverary clock which belonged to my great grandparents.

[pastafreak]

An old Minton jug with a satyrs head for a spout...dated 1876. Damaged and cheap when I got it...but its the most amazing shade of turquoise. 

[jourdain2]

'Grandfather' clock (inherited).  Made plain oak case by Chippendale's Otley factory in about 1790 (don't get excited, they churned out useful 'farmhouse furniture').  Face and workings by Thos. Lister of Halifax (yes, those Listers). Wood hand-carved ornately in early Victorian times with dolphins etc. and mechanism altered to 7-day.

Unfortunately my dad wanted it in the old dining room and the finnial was too tall for the ceiling. so he cut it off.  It went to France and back with me. I  love it and will pass it on to whichever daughter wants it most - probably younger one since she did the family tree.

[Atheist]

jno. How did you find out the age of the beads?

[DTCwordfan]

late 17th century cork cupboard. two shelved behind fluted doors, one drawer layer and then an open bottom storage area.

[Smowball]

MrSmow- roughly 52 yrs and 2 months : )

[Canary42]

Casting aside my opening trite response, I had a good look round my house and the two most likely candidates are :-

An oil painting by my stepfather dated 1942 (the year I was born): and a photograph of my great grandmother (probably Victorian) I inherited from my mother. 

 

[jno]

Atheist, I bought them from an accredited antique dealer. Proper Egyptologists (I am not one) presumably assess the materials, the find spot, and what is known of what people in the numerous ages of ancient Egypt wore. It will no doubt still be more or less of a guess, though, so I wouldn't venture to say they were first strung together on a Thursday.

[Barmaid]

That is still pretty impressive, Jno.  Although I would be too terrifed to wear them outside the house!