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This is a copper plate depicting z military horse rider from Russia. This is about 60 years old. In olden days people used to draw things on copper plates to show something. Again, this is my grandfather's and he gave it to us!!!

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This is an Indian tea table that is 80 years old. It is made of polished teak wood and I really like it :) It was my grandfather's and he gave it to us some years ago!

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This is not very old, but it is special to me.

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One of my grandmother's friends made a plate out of ceramic for me a year after I was born. It says my name and my birthday and it has a picture of a girl playing with ball. I can't download a picture because photos is not working

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These three different bullets come from different eras. The white bullet was found on the Battlefield of the battle of Leipzig. The second one is a standard 1777 charleville musket bullet and the third one is a Machine gun bullet casket from the Spanish garrison in Las Bardenas.

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This is Africa

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this is a bit of petrified wood (wood which became a sort of rock) from brazil. it is hard to know exactly from when it is from, but petrified wood is roughly 20 million years old

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This is a book that is translated from Spanish to the original language which is English. The name of the book in english is "The Way of Things" writen by William Pepperell Montague and it belonged to my grandpa from my dad's side

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this mayan statue is made from obsidian. it is from mexico

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These are silver shoes that the grandma of my grandma's friend gave to her when she was around 25. They are made of real silver and you can see that they are very old

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my dog isn't very old, but I took this photo of her when i got my new phone. She's a border collie and likes to sleep on grass and she's obsessed with sunbathing.

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This is a iron it was from my great great grandmother

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I made this a few years ago for my mom on her birthday.

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This belongs to my mom and she has always had it. I don't think it's very old but she said that it comes from China.

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This is an oil lamp it was from our greater Grandmother it has over 50 years

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my great great great grandmother's trunk

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my great great great grandmother's trunk

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this trunk was my great great great grandmother's. it was given to my mom. its from the 1800's

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This piano was my grandmas, she used to play and loved it as a child. She gave it to my dad so he could learn and follow in her footsteps

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This jar is from my grandmother, we don't really know how old it is, but it is quite old.

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This is a lighter it has over 70 years, the line is where the gas goes out

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old book of newspaper clippings during the second world war collect by my great great aunt on my mother's side.

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old book of newspaper clippings during the second world war collect by my great great aunt on my mother's side.

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This purse was used in ballls by the women there. It contained coins, makeup, a mirror, a little comb and a small space for the women to have a notebook to note down who they had promised to dance with.

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-Duru
These were tinned copper plates that were used at the time instead of plastic containers, which were passed on to my grandma from her family, they were hand made during the last years of the Ottoman Empire -around 1921 to 1922 according to my grandma, they have Arabic/Ottoman Turkish language words written beneath them.

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This clock was my grandads when he worked on the rigs.

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A painting by my great, great, great grandfather on my mother's side. He did paintings of all the places he went.

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A painting by my great, great, great grandfather on my mother's side. He did paintings of all the places he went.

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This is a ceramic tea set made in Italy that originally belonged to the grandmother of my mum's friend. There are drawings of women that looks like the rennaissance on the different types of cups

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This telephone was g
iven to us by a grade grandma it has over 80 years

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This jacket was my dad's when he was 17. It's a reversible jacket and it used to be at my grandparents' house and they gave it to me

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I have an old dresser from my great-great Aunt. I don't know much about her though.

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These steel plates are from my great grandfather's house, my mother brought it with her because they are very durable.

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Here is a marble-made elephant souvenir that my brother bought from a field trip in India

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This is an old milestone. It was used to tell people how many miles it was to the next village/town/city. It was in the house when we bought it.

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These are old ski boots that my dad's ex girlfriend was going to throw out so my dad took them because he really liked them.

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This is an old well. To bring water up you turn the wheel. It has been in our house for years before when bought it. It is around the same age as the house which is 231 years.

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This bowl was given to my great-grandmother as a wedding present. The wedding was in 1915, but it is possible that the bowl was made in the late 1800s. The bowl was made by Lorenzo Beltrandi in Mondovi

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this map is a replica of an old map of France. This would have been used in schools during the time of my grandparents or my parents I'm not sure

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Military Map of the Izonso area during the 1917 campaigns (II Reich) and Uniform plates of soldiers during the era of Frederick the Great and Napoleon, by Richard Knötel  

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Military Map of the Izonso area during the 1917 campaigns (II Reich) and Uniform plates of soldiers during the era of Frederick the Great and Napoleon, by Richard Knötel  

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I bought these in Berlin, in front of the Humboldt-Universität and the Bode museum. These are originals, from the years 1900 and 1918.

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these are old dictionaries from my mom when she was 12 years old.

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this is a lease that was written in 1933 for my house back in England.

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This is my great granddads radio that was in my dad's family for years. It is from the 1930s.

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This is an old set of weighing scales, weights go on one side and you weigh something on the other. Like the milestone it was left in our house when we bought it.

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This toy car is from my great great grandmother. She gave it to us for us too keep

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This cup is from my great grandmother, it is probably 70 -80 years old.

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this was another item the previous owners of the house left behind. It is a Westwood lawnmower and as you cans see, is very damaged. We still keep it despite it not working anymore- yet apparently it is a rare model from 1980.

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This sun is made out of clay and my dad bought it when he went to mexico when I was born.

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This is an African mask that my mum bought for my dad 20 years ago.

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-Duru
This is a very old, silver traditional Turkish coffee set that belonged to my great grandma, which was given to her by her grandma and was passed to my mom.

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We don't really know what this was used for but it was my grandfathers and before he passed away he wanted my mom to have it. We have since had it with us. It is empty inside.

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I have an old ring-holder that was given to me by my family and it was previously owned by someone else in my family that died before I was born.

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this is very old furniture that my parents bought in China. You may not see it, but the drawings in this object describes the lives of different people.

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This set of plates is a family heritage from my great grandmother on my mom's side. It was her wedding plates

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My parents found this camera in a flee market when I was 6 months old. It has traveled with us through the world; USA,Germany, France, Belgium, Spain...

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This is a Chinese snuff box that my mum got in a flea market in Shanghai. It is made of bone but we don't really know that much about it.

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this gas mask is from my grandfather when he worked in the army. My grandpa kept it and gave it to us.

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We have owned this saw since we moved into our house. 8 years ago my family and I moved into our house near the countryside. The house's previous owners (an old German couple) left a bunch of items behind, one of which was this saw. As it looked old, I found out a bit more, and as it turns out, it is from the 1930's.

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Bought by my grandparents after a funny encounter with a Kurdish Guerrilla platoon near Hajji Umrah in Iraq, where the soldiers bragged about them shooting down an
Iraqi plane with their rifles.
The uniform is near 40 years old and was bought in a zouk.

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This spoon was my great grandmothers and has been in the family even since. She bought it in a shop in Amsterdam with the whole set.

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This ring was my great-great-grandmother's and has a small compartment in it to store supposedly poison. This poison could be slipped into an enemy's drink. I don't know anything about my great-great-grandmother so I have no idea what she used it for

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This was a gift to my father on his wedding.

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My grandfather got this from south america where it was found in the mines.

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This here is actually a sort of old dresser that my family has. It was given to my mother by her mother. My grandmother actually had this from when she was little- it isn't very ancient but is rather old. It dates back to around 1920 (so a century ago). It came along with a circular mirror and a small stool. My mother took it with her when she moved to Madrid with my father and then we brought it to France when we moved here.

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What is pretty cool with this object is that you can find several more of the same objects inside it. They get smaller and smaller. Each object can be opened.

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This candle stand was hand crafted as you can see from the chippings. We received this after my great grand parents death, we only know that its at least 50 years old and  that they bought it in Hamburg, otherwise we know nothing of its origins.

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This painting is not very old; my parents bought this in Bali. They bought it in a small shop on the side of the road. It’s a very pretty painting done by an artist called Kukuhs.

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This is an old painting drawn by my great uncle, who is an artist. He made this painting for my parents when my dad was 18. He had just finished his baccalaureate. At the moment, it is hung up in our house. This painting was painted in his house in The Netherlands.

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These are gold and pearl earrings that were are my grandmother's. She gave them to my mom many years ago. These are really precious to me because I love my naniji :) These were made in Mumbai (Bombay)

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This is a really old book from 1545.

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This is a painting that my dad bought in 1992 when he went on a trip to Indonesia. We have had this painting for many years. Indonesian art is very vibrant and can tell stories about the past.

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These are some old Spanish coins from 1817. The gold ones are the oldest ones but they still seem to preserve really well.

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This pure gold Coco de Mer was bought by my mum on a trip to the Sychelles 30 years ago. Coco de Mer are purely iconic to the Seychelles and can be found nowhere else.

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This is one of the many things we found in our garden when we bought our house. The old owners left a lot of stuff in the house when it was sold and also used the garden as a trash dump so every time it reins, new things come out of the soil like old glass bottles and farming machinery they used to use> This is one of the two big pieces of equipment we kept in our garden. It used to be used in fields. It is called a plow.

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This is my dad's photo album of when he was a kid.

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This is an old thing to hold candles. It used to be by great grandmas. It was in her house since she was little. Now it's ours.

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This is my great nans welsh gold bracelet which was very precious to her. I dont know much about it since i've never met her, however i know that she gave it to my dad when she had passed away since they were very close and we have had it ever since.

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I have this very old sewing machine and it has been in my house for a very long time. I think my grandparents gave it to me.

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These are actually very small they fit in the palm of my hand. These are very old prayer books, my mother got for me in memory of my great great aunt and my name sake. She (my great great aunt) use to read a prayer from little prayer books like these every night

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This is an old sewing machine that has been in the family for a while. It is 120 years old

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This is one of the oldest things I could find (it's not that old). This is a hand drawn drawing made by my dad when he was 15. This was his favorite football player- Mark Hughes.

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1850 trunk

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This one of the great epics of India. This is the book from which the the holy book of Hindus (GITA) is derived from. This book bellow is one of the old books and is in the language Sanskrit. Which is also considered as the mother of all languages.

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This is another fossil that is very small and dainty.

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This watch belonged to my great grandmother. She received it as a gift around 1920 and it has now become a family heirloom. It still works.

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This is a saffron crusher that has been passed down from generations. It was bought when my grandmother was a child.

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This is a lamp that used to be fuelled by petroleum. It has been converted to electricity and it's 100 years old

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This is a coin used when my grandad was really young. These 5 rupee coins are not in use anymore.

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This is a french sales contract from my house which which was built in 1865. This was when the second owners bought the house in December 1904. We found it when we recently bought the house in 2018.

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This is a chair that used to belong to my great grandmother. It then got passed on to my grandfather and then to my mother. It used to be in one of the many churches in the Netherlands.

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this is my father's trench coat when he served his two years in the army. its very heavy and thick.

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Painting by my maternal great grandfather.

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Painting by my maternal great grandfather.

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My great grandfather is actually a moderately well known painter; Eugène Girardet

though he never wanted to be famous. Some of his sold his paintings without his consent by and he became known. My mother still remembers when she was fifteen and the only Eugène Girardet you could find was chef.

This painting was of his twin sister

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WW2 german bionette

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This is a teapot that we have had since 2003, we got this when my parents got married. It was a wedding gift from my mum’s Spanish teacher from when she lived in Spain.

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My family has inherited this set from my grandparents. I don't really know it's background story.

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This is an special copper vessel which is only used in the ceremonies and special occasion. In the Indian-origin religions, the copper lota has sacred usage, such as in yagna ritual during prayers, weddings and other sacred ceremonies. According to the ancient Indian/Hindu-origin traditional medicine system of Organic (Ayurveda), drinking water stored in the copper vessel has health and nutritional benefits.

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This is a fossil that i obtained at a market. Therefore, I unfortunately cannot tell you much about it. However, as you can tell it's very beautiful, but very sensitive and fragile when touched, and clearly very ancient.

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I have a piece of furniture that was made in Cuba with mahogany wood. Then it went to the Filipines, then to Spain and Finally to France. It's 150 years old and it has been in my family for that amount of time.

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This is a coin commemorates the fifty hundred anniversary of The Veterinarian of Toulouse which is still one of the best vet schools to my knowledge. This coin is about fifty years old itself.

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This is an old pocket watch with keys to wind it up. It was my great-grandads which he passed on to my grandad when he left the navy to begin working on the railways. When my grandad passed away it was now passed onto us.

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This an old style water jug. These utensils were used to keep the water purified. and were also used in holy ceremonies. This vessel is made of bronze

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This is a very old metronome that my family has had for a long time. The brand is Maezel Paquet which was made 1815.  This metronome belonged to my grandparents before and we have had it since.