# What's the oldest heirloom you own, or have heard of anyone owning?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 4, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-heirloom-you-own-or-have-heard-of-anyone-owning/248713 "2004-06-04T22:06:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-heirloom-you-own-or-have-heard-of-anyone-owning/248713/21 "2004-06-06T20:16:41Z")

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My grandpa’s pocket watch, circa early 1920s.

That’s it.

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**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-heirloom-you-own-or-have-heard-of-anyone-owning/248713/22 "2004-06-06T23:27:27Z")

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My g-g-g-grandmother’s tambourine from the late 1800s - she and her husband were Salvation Army pioneers in East Anglia (UK).

Unfortunately I mislaid it some years ago (although I _think_ it may be in my mother’s loft) … and I distinctly remember inscribing it with the legend “The Osmonds” circa 1972. :smack: :o

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