Anvil ID Help

[Shanem]

HI All, just getting into the hobby. Started with a piece of railway track but came across this anvil and figured it was better than the track.

Seems the previous owner ground off the maker markings for some reason. Maybe he bought it and thought the previous owner stamped his name in it??

Only other markings are 1    3    7 which I assum is the weight in hundreds? and a "V" on the foot under the horn.

Any ideas? It came from a community that traded heavily with England back in the day. 

[C-1ToolSteel]

Nice anvil. Definitely an elglish brand. 203lbs if i'm doing my math right...

[Daswulf]

I think I might be seeing what looks like an Arm and Hammer stamping. Not sure.  

 

[ThomasPowers]

Easy way to differentiate:  Weigh it on a bathroom scale.  If it's around 137 pounds it's an american anvil; if its around 203 definitely an english anvil.

[C-1ToolSteel]

Yeah, let me change that to, "definitely an English *style*".

[Lionel h]

Looks rather mouse holey to me it's a dead ringer to my mouse hole.

[Tubalcain2]

mousehole generally put large punch marks tween the numbers. no sign of that here.

[JHCC]

On 1/31/2017 at 10:04 PM, Tubalcain2 said:

mousehole generally put large punch marks tween the numbers. no sign of that here.

Agreed. MH anvils also tend to have a ridge running down the underside of the horn, and I'm not seeing that here (although it's hard to tell from these photos).

[C-1ToolSteel]

I like how you can clearly see the way it was made by looking at the feet.