My Fisher looks a lot like yours but has the raised eagle.  Its just a tad under 100 lbs, I was told its from th 1870s.  Mine sits on a covered patio and I invite my wife to join me at the forge and make something now and then.  Now the anvil and her are friends ;)  

 

 

 

Ahh could you give your wife my contact details---just in case?

 

I like Fishers.  (and like George I'm in a Steel/Wool relationship with me being the steel half...)

Probably won't do much good.  I'm an old retired navy man.  When I go, I'll be buried at sea and she'll put the anvil in with me to make sure I sink to the bottom!

you have it use the anvil I have one much older. keep her happy and when she wants something made then you have leverage. why would you want an anvil just collecting dust. 

i have 4 anvils by the wood stove.









in my shop downtown.

I've reached the end of the argument, and I have failed to win the battle, but the spoils of the war are still out there... I've found a home for the anvil until I I can use it for my own showcase... My father-in-law is gonna mount it on a stump in his office, where a bottle of fine bourbon will rest by it's side...

Tie a goat to the anvil, let her throw out the goat and she will hardly notice the anvil.