What's the oldest thing you possess.

[Maggiesgirl]

That you either bought or were given as new?

Mine is a signet ring my DF gave me for passing my 11 plus. Its 52 years old and I've never taken it off since the day he gave it to me.

My laundry basket is at least 40 years old. There's a photo of me as a baby sitting in it.

Musical instrument. Mine for 40 years. Instrument itself over 200 years old

We have a clock that is from the 1700s, I often wonder how many people over the years have looked at it's face.....quite a few I expect!

Sandwich toaster I won in a church raffle in 1983. It still works perfectly, but won't fit a modern sized slice of bread so DH keeps trying to replace it. It works better than all the ones he's bought (which still don't take a modern size slice).

Some of these are amazing - clocks and signet rings and musical instruments with history.

I have a Pyrex casserole dish from the early 1970s…

I've got a Roman flask

Roman Coins

Eritrean oil lamp - it's BC so at least 2000 years old

I have a Tudor ring - so 500 ish years old (I collect Jewellery from every era)

I misread the OP - I am not an ancient vampire hanging on to the objects of my life in Roman times!

The oldest thing I've had from new is a laundry basket that was my crib as a baby.

My wedding headdress is from the 1920s. Beautiful, delicate wax flowers on a wire band decorated with lace.

I have a family writing chest that I inherited. Apparently a 1600s ancestor was a sea captain and he took in on board his ships. It's 4 ft long and 3ft high ! I'm assuming he had servants

My kitchen table was made in 1860 ish, that's probably the oldest thing I own.

1927 Copy of Jane Eyre

I've also go t my grandmother's handwritten recipe book. I think she did it fir my Mum when she left home ( so around 1950). My Mum added to it as well. I have given the baking one to my niece as she us the family Baker, but held onto this one. I shall hand it on to my DGD when she gets older.

I have a gnome shaped door stop (with the pet name Doshi) that's over 150 years old.

I have a collection of fossils which are several million years old.

I also have one of the first types of hand axe tools ever made by a primitive hominid.

The oldest thing that I've had since it was new? I think it must be my teddy bear that my godparents gave me for my christening when I was a few months old, 64 years ago.

(The oldest thing I have that wasn't new when I acquired it is a Roman coin).

I have a first edition illustrated Peter Pan book from 1939.

Possibly a ring , the hallmark is 1899 .
My oldest item of clothing is a summer dressing gown , probably mid 80s. 100% cotton and as good as new.

I have a 50 pence coin from 1952 and a halfpenny coin. I found them in my money box that I've had since I was 11 years old and I have no idea how they ended up in there

Dh has a rock called Nuummaite from Greenland which is dated at 2.8 billion years old.

I also have a fragment of meteorite of the Campo del Cielo meteorite which was formed 4.5 billion years ago during the development of our solar system.

A wooden toy carousel I had for Christmas when I was 3.

Meteorite here

Our house, it’s been in our family for generations and is lovely lovely but I do sometimes wonder about moving but then feel very loyal to it

Washing machine, parents bought it in 1987... it's German

My teddy bear - I got him when I was 3, I'm 36 now. But the oldest thing that's not mine, probably my grandmothers/mothers jewelry.