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Dug a little more, found an anvil maker in Sheffield by the name of Henry Sykes who filed for bankruptcy on May 10, 1856. Perhaps the guy I'm looking for?

Awesome, thanks guys... For the weight, I just was going with what the calculator i found said, obviously wrong. I'll do some more digging, would really love to find out with certainty what it is and when it was made.

Yeah, Sheffield is where it was made to my knowledge... As far as the weight, no I have not put it on a scale... The calculator I found out the weight at 196, could be wrong though?

Thanks, she's in good shape I think, there are a couple thin line cracks that kinda concern me. But as far as a rebound test, meaning a hammer drop? Did that and it bounced back very nicely, at least back to the drop point, used a 3lb bp.

Hello everyone... today I required an anvil and I was hoping I could get some help properly identifying it and putting a date to it. There are some markings on it, but I just dont know enough to tie them all together.  The fellow I purchased it from said the 195 indicated the weight. Upon further digging I found that "139" on the english anvil weight formula says it should be 196lbs. It also says Sheffield on it and has some other letters and numbers im not exactly certain the meaning of. Let me know what you think.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated! thanks!