The History Of Objects Every single object has something in common with another object .Can you guess what that is? It's that each and every object has a history . Take a old , rusty knife . This knife has a history . A history of killings perhaps? Or a history of cutting vegetables. Now , take an antique painting . This painting may have seen many things . It might have seen war break out as it is constantly re-homed due to bombings . It might have seen people, looking at at it and marvelling at the artist's skills . Next , take a old , fairly unnatural looking doll . This doll may have been loved , and saw the face of a child who grew up and eventually passed it down to many others , seeing both love and despair. So , next time you see an object , think about it ,think :who owned this? What treatment has it seen?