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

A runner bean slicer that was my paternal grandmothers probably from 20/30s

Possibly our 17thC 3-over-6 chest of drawers which we bought with the money from an auction of some of my parents' furniture when they died. It is in daily use.

A sewing machine and a silver tablespoon that were my grandmother's.
She was born in 1895.

Ah, didn't realise that meant furniture as well.

But thinking of it, it is the house itself- dates from 1587

My sewing machine, record player, dining table and chairs are probably the oldest things, also grandma's embroidered tablecloths which I use on a daily basis.

A bowl full of fossils and Roman pottery.

2 table spoons that were my Grans. I believe she got them as a wedding present in 1919.

They are so worn the bowls have about a 45 degree angle rather than the rounded end they started with.

An oval occasional table/plant stand with barley twist legs that belonged to my mother, the brown Denby coffee pot that she made my father’s coffee in for as long as I could remember, and a green pressed glass fruit bowl that looks lovely full of nectarines. Of my own, the canteen of Sheffield plate that my parents gave us as a wedding present, and a Granton ham knife, also a wedding present from a neighbour. The knife has been used almost daily for fifty six years and has had the handle replaced so that it can go on being used until I pass it on.

My piano, which is the one I grew up with and learned on. It is a Broadwood Cottage Upright and was bought for my oldest grandfather to learn on when he was around seven or eight, so just pre World War One. It has a ver special old-world sound. It is far too delicate now for me to use it as a teaching piano so sits next to the Yamaha piano which I use for this purpose. I always say that I love the Yamaha but the Broadwood is the one which will always be in my heart.

I have a few wooden spoons from my mother-in-law's kitchen. No idea how old they are but I reckon they may be pre-war.

Me

I am worn out and need replacement parts

For items used often, our cutlery was handed down from an aunt of DH's when she bought new. It has a pattern from the 70's I'm guessing. Our waffle-iron was a wedding gift for my MIL, so some time in the late 50's. DH re-wired it so it is still safe to use.

I have various china and embroidery from my mother and DH's but not in use often; special occasions only. My parents immigrated in the 50's so came with smaller items, no furniture.

A bone-handled knife which was owned by a great-aunt's mother who used to 'do teas' for visitors to a castle in the 1800s.

Someone put it in the dishwasher! 😫

My grans preserving pan, she was born in 1898.

A Georgian enamel plate, fab for apple pies and a various daily uses besides.

A 1950 Kenwood blender that was a wedding present of Mom and Dad's still working perfectly and so useful.

Actually, the more I think about it- an awful lot. An 18C clock and quite a bit of Georgian pewter, and a book of cuttings about OH's grandfather's Victorian theatre decors for famous plays in famous theatres all over the world.

But as said above, probably some amonites.

My camphor chest with carved dragons that my mum brought back from Malaya. She was pregnant with me when she came back so I guess it is 70 years old.

Appart from my husband a bread knife I kept after my mil died. It’s years old she was 96 and had had it as a wedding present.

Great Aunt's embroidery from late 1920's.
Great Uncle was a water colourist, picture circa 1935.

A bible I found in a charity shop 1870's with cigarettes cards from the 1920's marking passages.

And only recently realised that amongst books from my mums house was a first edition Voltaire 1733.

Its' in English ("Letters on the English" but was given to her in France where she was trapped during WW2 for the duration.

Goodness knows its history! Its signed as a gift from the French family she was sent as au pair to. Was sitting in mums bookcase as if just any old book.
I opened recently and I had a further surprise, its partly Voltaire relating his experiences meeting these peculiar people who called themselves "Quakers". (I am one, but not a family thing at all).

Until a few weeks ago I had 40 year old mixing bowl but I have just bought a new one and recycled the old one.

Well I do have an Ammonite from Whitby area that's 200 million years old...

Red stepstool that was made by either by grandfather or great grandfather, so early 1900's or late 1890's. Well used
Also have a camphor chest that dad brought home in the 1950's still holds linen

How many of us have got one of these?
Older than the dinosaurs.

However, I wouldn't say it's useful, just decorative.

I've got my grandparents' Arts and Crafts sideboard but the item that is really in constant use is a jar opener that my grandfather bought when I was about 10, so 66 years old. It's a very simple thing but the most effective thin I've ever found for difficult jars.