Hello, my Great Grandpa and Grandpa were blacksmiths. They are gone now and my Father got this anvil from the barn. It's sat around for awhile now and we got curious as to how old it was and if there was any value to it. So I googled anvils and found you guys. So I hoping that I can get a little bit of assistance.
We tried charcoal rubbing on the anvil to read the words on it, but that didn't work. So I took pictures and that seems to help.
From what I can see it's an M&H Armitage and date of 1914, we thought it was older. There are other markings, but I can't make them out.
I'll include the pictures I took and ask for your expert opinions.
Thank you very much in advance