Hi. I recently picked up this anvil and was wondering if anyone could ID it for me. I've posted a few photos and took some measurements. 

 

Total length: 28.5

Face: 18x4.5

Height: 11.5

Footprint: 11x9.5

 

The only readable writing on it is "202" on the side. Above this is a possible letter that might be an "H" without its crossbar.  Presumably the 202 is the weight in hundredweight which would put it about 226 lbs which feels about right (I have not weighed it).

 

Thanks for the help. 

What's the bottom look like? the shape of a possible indentation there might nail down the brand

Lack of a serial # on the foot under the horn would probably rule out Hay-Budden.  And their weight is in pounds.

I did not check the bottom. I'll try to do that  tomorrow some time. I looked hard for a serial number on the foot but didn't see one. I assumed the "202" was hundredweight but it could be pounds. 

getting a good weight would help narrow it down between English and American makers---the roughness under the heel makes me think of A&H---can you see the hammer blows from the steam hammer under the heel or is that just minor roughness?

Also, Arm & Hammers tended to have a figure 8 dimple under the base, as opposed to the Trenton capsule shape.

OK. Unchained my anvil and weighed it on a bathroom scale. About 202 pounds so the weight on the anvil is in American. I flipped the anvil over and took a picture of the bottom perhaps it will help. I believe the two boogered up areas on the edge of the two sides shown in the pic are not original to the anvil. It looks to me like it was welded down at one time and then cut free.......

 

Thanks for looking!

My Trenton is stamped 206, weighs 206lbs ad has a pretty flat bottom. Of course that could just be a coincidence.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

Anybody with a copy of AinA check the number and placement of the handling holes?  Seems odd that there is one on one of the feet and not the other.