garald176

It does have a hardy hole! I realized that the lighter should have been at the foot so as to not cover that up after I made the post. It also has a smaller circular hole just offset from the square.

Oh wow! Thank you for replying. I found it cleaning out a house and it seemed like it had enough information on it to pursue some research. I guess would like to know if it's worth anything or if I should just hold onto it as a conversation piece. I love antiques but I'm not what you'd call an anvil collector.

I am located in New York state [Not the city]

It weighs around seven and a half pounds. I don't really know anything about it to be honest, just what I could gather in an hour or so researching online. This just seemed like the community to ask from what I found. I've also been able to make out the words "CAST STEEL" on the right hand side after the "0" in the stampings.

So I'm wondering if anyone can help me out with any information about this further than what I've been able to gather that this is what would be referred to as a 10 pound anvil made by fisher and norris in Trenton Nj. Any kind of dating information or value would be very much appreciated!