Anvil ID?

[Michael]

A friend on the oldtools list had a question about an anvil that his father dug up from "a collapsed 18th century smithy on my father's estate"

 

"My mum used to  talk about an anvil in there but my dad was convinced that it disappeared before the collapse, lots of stuff has gone "missing" over the years! I remember old wooden work benches and lots of interesting old tools and bits of farm equipment that probably got dumped in the buildings over the years. Anyways he  found the anvil in the rubble, it looks a bit like an Alsop to me, but I  wouldn't know. Any tips on cleaning it up? Or does anyone recognise the maker? The place was built in 1750 by a French man by the name of David Latouche. Heres a picture of the anvil"

 

He's trying to get some better pics and will get to his dad's to clean it up as soon as possible.

 

Any pattern recognition going on for anyone out there. I can only recognize PW's and ASOs

 

Thanks in advance.

[ThomasPowers]

So what does the underside look like?  So far without more details all I can say is that it looks a lot like a bunch of different anvil makers.

 

Any sign of a raised oval on the side?  the shallow face to step can be indicative of a Vulcan---which are also more prone to catastrophic failures due to their construction.