Oldest thing in use in your house? ( Spouses don’t count)

Oldest in use : probably my great-grandmother's linen napkins. They are at least 120 years old, probably 130 to 140 years. Yes I use them, not every day (we have regular cotton napkins for daily use) but when we have a festive occasion or friends coming over for dinner etc. Those napkins have become somewhat thin but are still perfectly intact.

I use a little metal bone handled knife every day.that I understand was from early 1800s. Not silver just base metal so worth nothing but it must hold my families DNA for several generations so to me its priceless.

A silver sugar scoop handed down from my parents which dates back to the 1950s and a patchwork shoulder bag, each patch a different colour of leather that I bought in the late 1960s.

A cactus that belonged to DH’s granny. Must be at least 100 years old.

Some lovely pudding spoons that are shell shaped that my father brought home from America during the 2nd world war.

I like brown Victorian furniture, does that count? A small milking stool which I use as a tiny coffee table - it came into the family in C 1854 when a Carmarthenshire lass married into the family.

Probably my house itself! Dates from 1700s.

A mid victorian sideboard handed down in the family and still very useful.

My grandmother’s rocking chair from the 1890’s

I have had to do heavy downsizing a couple of times in my life, but I still use a chest of drawers and a set of chairs that my parents received as wedding presents - so over seventy years old. Another chest holding stationery and light bulbs was given to my mother in the 1930s. There's a Victorian barometer up on the wall which is in working order and currently forecasting rain (mind you if it was stuck on that it would still be right two days out of three ☹️.)

My mother's mixing bowls from 1956 -- yellow, green, red and blue.

Recipes that my mum used and linen tablecloth that was my gran's

I think the three oldest items must be a clock that was a wedding present to my maternal great-grandparents who married in 1879 and a brass candlestick, plus another candlestick that holds 3 candles that likewise came from their home.

Two of my Christmas tree decorations are from their home too, but obviously I don't use them every day.

From my father's parents home, I have a writing desk that I know was a wedding present to his parents, who married in 1913 and a earthenware casserole dish with lid, that I imagine was likewise a wedding present to them, as it is of a French make that was not available in Britain then, but they lived in France until the outbreak of war in 1914, when Grandpa went into the army as a liason officer being bilingual English-French and Grannie went home to her parents in Edinburgh as she was expecting my aunt.

A teaset my grandparents got for a wedding present in 1912 and a Singer sewing machine my other grandmother got also in 1912 from a pawnbroker.

Antique lacemaking bobbins, dating to early 1800s, in regular use on various lacemaking projects.
A dressing table box of my great grandmother's (has many of my antique bobbins stored in it).
Antique Davenport desk, lovely to sit at to write greetings cards.
Breadboard, cutting knife, pretty glass cream jug depicting a cat climbing up the side as the handle - all from Mum and Dad's house.
My Dad's wind-up watch which I wear daily. He died in 2002, and he'd had it for years before that.

Sauce boat and stand, grandmother’s from 1909 wedding.
Jewellery she had from 1900’s

We also have books which are from the 1830's which my ancestors had and have remained in the house throughout the generations. We have legal documents which go back to the 18th Century and Diaries for ancestors for the early 19th Century. All pretty useless (but interesting) and remain in situ because I have no idea what to do with them!

I’ve just remembered the Toby jug collection and hundreds of cigarette cards that were my grandparents. No idea if they are worth anything or how to find out? Does anyone know?

A table and chairs pre 1937. My parents were married in 1937 and bought a job lot of furniture with a house they initially rented.

A 1937 Edward the 8th silver spoon, used every day.

I have the pots and pans from when I first left home aged 18 in 1998. Ok so not as old as the serving plate, trifle dishes, a cake stand, jugs and various other bits n bobs from my great grandmother and my grandmother. Some must be over 100 years old.

I'm probably one of the youngest 'things' in my house and I'm 72 ! 🤭. Lots of antique furniture, eg. a Welsh dresser made by my great, great grandfather but my favourite is my comfy armchair, bought when my parents got married in 1949.

Lots of bits of cutlery which was my Grandma's, also everyday cutlery which I bought from Woolworths in 1966 when we married. We've used it much more than the fancy stuff we got as a wedding present.

A fifties style blue and gold cocktail tray (cocktail glasses long since departed!), a silver tablespoon, a worn green wooden handled bread knife. All about 63 years old and were part of my parents wedding presents. My very own oldest item is a little plastic Santa and sleigh tree decoration my Mum gave me to amuse me when I was two and had a nasty bout of tonsillitis. He still takes pride of place at the top of my tree every year (hung with the original bit of brown wool my mother used!). I am 66 now and it is one of my most treasured possessions.

Making mine seem quite young ! had a free bread knife (in drawer but not used often at all ) when I had my wedding ring , also where I worked bought me a stainless steel meat tray, use it regular, still looks virtually brand new both just over 50 years old ... like I say quite young in comparison to others ... sorry