We went antique-store crawling, my wife looking for spendy furniture and I for anvils/blacksmith stuff. Missed this one the first aisle of the store as she distracted me by looking at the price tag of a table but I caught it with a backward glance on the loop-around. 147 lb anvil, no markings other than an 'X' on the side, horn tip is higher than the table, hour-glass shape depression in the bottom with a filled-in hole. 3/8" Pritchel, 1" Hardie hole, overall fairly rough finish, bounce is good. Note how the curve under the rear of the table seems to reinforce the table end. After the pics I washed it down with water, under the grime is a red-ochre paint everywhere but the table and underside, 5-10% remains. Stand is 33 lbs, the story goes that the stand was the first project the anvil was used to work. It landed aboard a train in Great Falls and made it's way to Bozeman long long ago. Maybe 1960 for what could be. I know, I know: buy the anvil/car/gun/house, NOT the story!
Any ideas who made it?