@mooch, we have a nut grinder like that, too; it belonged to Rick's parents and he wanted it. We don't use it either; it's on the hutch as a knick-knack, I guess.The oldest thing I have is either a pasta canister that my mother always had in the kitchen (I use it for decoration only) or the nut grinder type thing. I don't know exactly what it's called. It's got a glass jar at the bottom and the top is metal with a handle you turn. It was painted orange but it's lost a bit. I keep that in my china cabinet.
We have a lot of very, very old glass liquor bottles. They're really pretty. I'm not sure of the years or anything; I've had them forever and they originally came from a great-aunt, who gave them to Grandma and she gave them to me. Does anybody remember when people used to put colored water in very old bottles and then place the bottles on window sills? My grandmother and my mother both did that. The sun would shine in the bottles and reflect the colors in the rooms. It was really pretty, especially in a kitchen, if you used reds and oranges and greens for the colors (notice how I tried to keep on topic there? ).
Guys, I really love your pictures. A very interesting thread.