My six foot+ wooden bear…
My wife would beg to differ.
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Even a piece of clothing may be timeless and last. “Last” doesn’t have to mean forever but not be disposable or last longer than typical. Maybe a classic wool pea coat. Made well that could last and be a “keeper” for decades. A well made cable knit sweater. A pair of leather boots that keep on trucking.
I am NOT a stuff person. I don’t collect anything for the most part. I AM into stuff that makes a home. I guess that’s why this topic intrigued me.
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Both boys would fit into my Barbour coat. It will outlast me.
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Our wall clock handed down from family made in 1930s Germany.
A circular burner from a wood burning stove. In my family we make our tortillas on those.
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My D22 wishes I’d kept more of my Y2K fashion from when I was living in NYC in my early 20s 
I do have a few Diane von Furstenburg wrap dresses from that era that she loves and I will keep for her.
Furniture wise, I’m not sure what we’d pass down. Our dining table is a live edge slab and I think we will have it forever but I’m not sure our kids will want it. We have some cool mid century pieces from my days scouring eBay—a 1960 Montgomery Ward record player credenza that we’ve had repaired and restored, a bar cart and china hutch. They might like those pieces.
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Again, doesn’t matter if your kids want it - SOMEONE might though because it’s quality and ready to work in a home.
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My oak rocking chair- who knows how old it is. My father refinished it when I was born almost 70 years ago. Looks brand new. It looks like a keeper.
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Oddly enough its a wine bottle opener H and I bought on our honeymoon 44+ years ago. It cost $25 in our hotel gift shop (a lot back then) but it’s way heavier and stronger than newer ones. We panicked a few years ago thinking we had lost it in our move, but it turned up.
Also the La Creuset dutch oven and skillet.
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Our prior furniture went off to auction- all handed down, early attic. My mom’s furniture went there too. I kept my dining room table but bought a Stickley sideboard to go with it. D has her eye on that when I don’t need it any longer.
Dad gave me a set of books that were his as a kid right before he died. “Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories “. A prized possession for sure.
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Apparently if you have any of these, you have timeless furniture.
And in your kitchen:
We do have a very old heavy wooden carving board with juice canals.
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Somehow I don’t think my $0.50 white plastic soap dish that I bought when I went to college ~35 years ago is what you’re looking for. But I love that thing, and it looks as good as it did 35 years ago!
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@Marilyn - I have a few items on that list. My set of 3 pyrex bowls was a wedding gift. Two of the bowls are going strong 44 years later, the medium one was broken and replaced about 10 years ago.
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Love this about the wine opener !
Oh…the Eames lounge chair and ottoman. My uncle gave me his for my college apartment. When I graduated I stored it at my then girlfriend’s, now wife’s childhood house. They had a lot of storage space. When she moved up to our first apartment after grad school I asked her to bring my chair and ottoman. She explained that they had done a clean out and gave it away a while ago. Okay, no big deal, I was 24 and had no idea that it would be a timeless classic. Well, it seems like we can’t go a week without seeing this chair on television, or in a movie. I love saying, “hey look, there’s my chair, the one you gave away…” She always give me the stink eye. 
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Oh! I have the same one and my D already said she’s taking it ; )
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Our Century Furniture dining table and chairs will last forever. And probably will stay in the same spot because it’s so heavy to move.
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I would covet an Eames chair and a tulip table. I can find the tulip table I’m sure - and afford it probably. LOL. There is an Eames chair for sale on my FB Marketplace right now and I love it but also don’t really have a location for it and don’t want to spend $950 though it’s worth it.
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Several cast iron pans and one cast iron skillet. The skillet is slicker than glass. A couple of the pans came from my mom.
We have a number of large, carved 120+ years old antiques. They are ‘us’. we love them. They are timeless.but we gave the kids permission to us them in a bonfire when we are gone…that of course assumes they can find enough friends to actually move the things.
There’s an actual Eames for sale near me, not a replica, for $4900!!!
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