17thc.carpenter mark's.

These joint mark's on the oak beams in our sitting room date from around 1640. It's one of the several made by the carpenters when assembling the house frame. Each carpenter had his own mark.

[Kerri]

Cool

[Cherrill]

How fantastic!..... I bet no one has posted anything older than this.........

[Emer Hyland]

wow great find...wonderful piece of history in your house

[Rick Schies]

An amazing photo, and wow, I didn't realize your home had that much age.

[judith deacon]

Fabulous, your house must be so full of history.

[Beverly W Schmidt]

Amazing workmanship. Thanks so much for sharing. You are most fortunate to have a home with a history.

[FaerieMoon]

How neat is that? I love the fact that you have beams like this, what interesting history

[Terry]

How interesting, that is when people were proud of their work,,,, You would not see that now days

[Karen Sylvia]

That's very cool!

[bruni]

I find that very interesting. unfortunately you don't see this kind of workmanship anymore.

[Carolyn White]

Wow! Wonderful pic!

[Judith Greenwood]

1640!! And still holding your house up - brilliant!

[Howard Steele]

Great shot

[Melody Hartwell]

amazing

[cglist]

Oh, wow - that's awesome!

[Netkonnexion]

Excellent. Great to see old craftsmanship maintained. Love this shot.

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Learned something new again today, the carpenter's mark. Nice shot!