Glenn Howard

Thanks again, looking forward to hearing more from you.

Thanks for your help Thomas.  For your enjoyment here is a picture of my 3 times great uncle Jonathan Howard in the 1880’s at his shop in Lexington, NY.  He is standing with his family to the left.

Thomas,  Want you to know that this anvil is a family airloom, my ansestors were blacksmiths all the way back in to the 1750’s.  I have no intentions on parting with it, just wanted to get an idea how old it is. It was given to me by my dad and only was told it was his grand fathers who was a traveling blacksmith.  He did have a shop in Jewett, NY in the 1880’s.

I can not find any of the markings you describe. Here are some more pictures.  If I am being a pest let me know.

Thanks Thomas,  I looked there and there are no numbers or markings.  On the base below solid wrought is 144, I assume that’s the weight.  On the rear right side foot there is a number 4.

I have my Greatgrandfathers Anvil. It’s a Trenton 144 lb.  I can’t decipher the serial number as some of the letters/numbers are not familiar.  Can anyone figure these out and let me know the approximate date it was made.

I have my Great grandfathers Anvil. The S/N is hard to decipher. As best as I can tell it is NRCLCST.  I can try to send a photo of the letters and numbers.  It is a 144 lb Trenton.