On the USA anvil, on the front, on the right there is W and two numbers, not clear exactly what they are. Think the first is an 8. On the left there is, A29583(not sure about the 3). Am I looking at the left/right correctly? I am looking down at it. If I look straight on, then it is right for the serial number.
BT the depression is an hour glass.
Also on the USA anvil, by the large < above the other markings it looks like there is a big A and then some other letters and right below the A a T. But the strange thing is that none of this is stamped in like the other markings. Could that have been put on by the people who owned it?
We put these in the sun now so I can see them better. Will clean them up better tonight. I just dashed out there at lunch to get a better look.
The question about what we want to do with them, we do want to know the value to sell them. No one in the family plans to use them. But with everything we discovered in the old Curtis house while we renovated it, we like to find out more about it. I love history.
Thanks everyone for your comments!