Black Frog

That is an early A&H logo stamp, see if you can clean up the front foot with a wire wheel and post a pic.

take a closeup picture of the side of the anvil, horn facing right.  Sometimes remnants of a logo stamp can be seen.

If you clean the side with the horn facing right, you might be able to locate some remnants of the A&H logo stamp.

Trenton ACME no doubt.

Can you post a pic of the side logo stamp?  I'd like to add it to the logo database for A&H.

Gzeus, how about a serial number picture?

First one is an early Arm & Hammer logo.  Please post a picture of the serial number on the front foot.

Can you post a picture of the side Trenton logo stamp too?

This is an Arm& Hammer anvil, not Trenton.

Pictures would certainly help, also picture of the serial number on the front foot.

Can you post a picture of the side logo stamp and another of the serial number ?

According to AIA, the year of production is 1900.  thanks for the pics!

You have a Hay Budden anvil that was marked for a hardware brand.

Can you post pictures of the side logo stamp, and the serial number?

Trenton no doubt.

Hay Budden, no doubt

That anvil would be gone in a heartbeat at $325.  prices have risen for anvils.

The section of the face that you say is rounded over is the radius ground in at the factory when new.

Most later A&H's and Tretons have this, it is quite common for both makes.  Here's another example from that vintage of A&H:

Even though your serial is rather unreadable, I can tell you that your logo stamp style is the last one used in U.S. Production.

That stamp was used from 1939 to the end of CF&I's run in the 1950's.

5 minutes ago, rustyanchor said:

A&H seems to have gone into the 51XXX range.

Mid-to-upper 52xxx range from what I have documented.

With a serial number like that, it would not be A&H.

Most likely Trenton.  Take a closeup pic of the  serial number.  different companies used different character styles for their number stamps.

Scrub the front foot under the horn for a serial number.

No serial # on Soderfors, all cast steel, top notch anvil and one of the best.

I don't know the dates for Soderfors making them for Belknap, but I'm guessing early 1900's.

There may be a year date on the Soderfors somwhere, many times they stamped it

Incorrect, Belknap was made by several anvil makers, A&H being the main one.  (several incorrect items in AIA...)

Yours is a Soderfors, made in Sweden.  You can see the casting line going up the center of the anvil below the horn and heel.

20 hours ago, Grimace32 said:

I just bought a used Trenton and would like to know what year it was made.  Would someone be willing to help me?  Stamped 177 on the left foot under the horn and A136638 under the right foot.  Thank you.

Can you post a closeup picture of the logo stamp on the other side of the anvil?