I picked this anvil up a couple of years ago at a farm auction for $25 and have been wondering about it ever since I just cleaned it up with a wire brush and flap disc looking for any marks but can find none . any ideas?

the diamentions are
top- 5 1/2" x 6" x 6"
horn 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4
heel 3 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2
hole in base 3 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 1
pritchel hole ? 5/8"

wieght about 40-50lbs

Can't help ya but wouldn't it look great with another 100 lbs on it, feed it scale........Duck

Have you checked with a grinder to see if it's steel? (spark test)

I would guess it was a cast iron one made in small runs by a small foundry somewhere. Post ACW and likely post 1900 and if I were guessing perhaps somewhere with a noticable scandanavian population as it looks to be based on a Swedish pattern anvil

thank for the info Thomas I did a spark test and the results seem to indicate that it has a cast body, horn and heel with a steel top plate. I could not find a weld line so I do not know how thick the top plate is, not that it really matters that much I am just using it as a big xxx bench top paper weight any way and occational use as a stamping surface when adding a touch mark.

sfDuck with the amount of scale on the floor round here lately if it was going to gain wieght it whould have all ready maybe its just pineing for the Fijords....

Looks like this one was made with blunt force trauma in mind- MASSive!
Mr. Powers, can you elaborate on the "Swedish pattern"? Dan:)

Raised face and horns dropped a bit rather than "european pattern" where the horns and the face are at the same level.