Hello all, Can you help ID this anvil? I bought it at a roadside barn sale a few years ago while driving across Michigan's UP on route 2. It has seen much use by me and the Scouts at our camp smithy.
The only identifiable markings are "156" in 5/8 high figures (weight), and maybe ... barely decernable what looks to be "SRT.10" in 3/6 figures. But the latter is highly questionable. The dimensions are 24 1/2 long X 10 1/2 High. the top plate is 4 X 15 1/2 and is 1/2 thick. This anvil is definatly a forged steel body with a welded top plate. Here are some pix. Any help will be appreciated.
Joe B

Is that a serial number on the right front foot?

I'm trying to remember where I've seen those chiseled crosses on the front of an anvil's foot. Perhaps it was on a Boker? Boker usually stamped the weight in pounds on the sides as well.

Thomas, yep' good call. I missed it... "3156" on the right side and a what looks like a caddywampus "A" on the left side. But the "A" appears to be more like some owner attempted to strike his initial with a cold chisel that a properly stamped "A"... it shows in the 3rd pic.
Joe B

Then that might make it an early Trenton which, I believe, were made by Boker.

Boker , I don't know anything about them. I did do a little lookin' on the web and saw that Boker marked some with "SOLID WROUGHT" , what I'm seeing on mine that looks like "SRT.IO" could be the word "SOLID" . There is no indication of the big diamond and Trenton" though.
Joe B

Trenton's were often quite shallowly stamped and I've see a number of them where the markings have vanished due to someone cleaning up the anvil with a angle grinder.