This is my very first story so please bear with me. To start out my husband (M), 8 year old son (D) and I are all sensitive to the paranormal. Me and my son talk about our experiences together, and are open to the spirit world. I'll post those stories later. M is a little more guarded when it comes to ghosts due to his own negative encounters as a child.
In January we were given the opportunity to take over the payments of his dad's house since he was moving out of state. I have loved this house since I first laid eyes on it, and lived in it for a few months when my husband and I were dating. It's located in the older part of town nestled in with grand Victorian mansions. It was built in 1921 and never really had anything of note happen in its history that I could find.
Our first night here it was around 11 and our son was sound asleep in his room, and we were in our room unpacking. I started in hear what sounded like my son running around in the dining room. So naturally I go out to see why he's up. But everything was still, I check his room and like I said, he's sound asleep. I looked in on the animals that were locked back room that connects the kitchen and the basement thinking they got out. But both of them were still there on the landing and the door was locked tight. This happened a few more times before stopping completely.
Months go by without incident, June comes and our son goes up to my folks' house out of state for the summer. I'm sitting in the the living room playing a vg when I hear this clicking coming for my right. Now, I love collecting Asian antiques and have a corner hutch there full of them. The hutch has two gifts my father-in-law gave to me before he left. An old 1941 Ouija board and a Chinese figure he claims is over 2,000 years old. I know the risk of having the Ouija board, but it is cleansed on a regular basis and no one in the family has used it. The thing that really creeps me out is the figure. It's a clay or porcelain woman with hollowed out eyes and mouth. But back to the story, this noise happened everyday at 11:11a and 1:11a and we couldn't find the cause. The only entity we felt keeps to themselves in the basement, and have never felt them come up the stairs.
One night 2 weeks ago my husband is up watching TV. He noticed the time was 1:10a and sat still watching the hutch intently. According to him a little blue jar with a broken lid shook making that sound we had been hunting for. The next morning he told me and I was shocked. We decided to fix the lid that instant. As I put the jar back in the hutch, I asked the statue to stop moving things in there and it did.
Now things have amplified in the house. Last week we had to leave to pick up our son, the trip took 3 days total. The night after we arrived home it was around 3:30 and M and I were finally relaxing in bed listening to the storm in the distance when we heard a loud crash. M sprang into action, checking on D and in every room for the source. We sat there trying to 'oh it was just the storm' but it definitely came from inside the house and there was no flash of lightning. It happened one more time but now the vibe has changed in the house.
I am uncomfortable alone in the house, like I'm being watched but I can't sense from where. I've never encountered this before, it honestly frightens me a bit. I'm sorry for this being so long just wanted to share.
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To the author, it sounds like you have a very interesting collection and, moreover, an interesting house! (I am a sucker for vintage architecture too!) It does seem as though something wants your attention. I have no 'gut feeling' as to whether it's good bad or just residual though. Have you let your pets into the house and kept an eye on their behavior - animals can be quite perceptive to paranormal activity. Your father-in-law's ex wife would be interesting to speak with too regarding the house's wandering woman - but given the 'ex' status, I understand that might be difficult.
With regard to the little statue - shelbyloree's comment combined with your own regarding its possible identification as a funerary item sparked an idea - perhaps during that same occupied era, a Western tourist nicked it off of a grave and that's why it's shipping up a bit of tumult. I can recall several accounts where questionably attained Egyptian funerary artifacts have caused similar problems. Then there is Elgin's comment about such dolls being shells intended for the deceased spirit - I am unfamiliar with these traditions but they do seem to have ancient Egyptian parallels- perhaps the wandering lady was the individual on whose grave the doll was originally placed.
However, as Tweed also said, the little statue might just be a lovely somewhat creepy looking object and have nothing at all to do with what's going on. I think the jar is in the clear too - old homes in old neighborhoods have really strange... I know there's a proper term for this but it's not coming to me... Wiggle points... The boards are old and each one warped a little in its own way, the walls are just as old, the foundations have all settled a bit in one direction and/or another leading to the darnedest knocks and thumps and places that shiver and shake at the merest provocation causing whatever is on them to rattle even ever so slightly. My mother used to have a china cabinet with a little figurine in it that would 'dance' whenever a large truck hit a pot hole just right on the main road four blocks away!...and nothing else in the cabinet was ever effected...
In any event, a good cleansing or shelbyloree's cleaning with solid intent couldn't hurt and putting the little statue in a nicely cleansed display to both protect it and show it off couldn't hurt either. Maybe have a psychic tour the house and see what they pick up - they may be able to give you some leads that could be further researched. And, again, keep an eye on your pets' reactions. Sounds like, from Tweed's comment, you may want to look into having the little figurine insured as well.