Hello i got an old  anvil and i am having trouble identifying it. Can anyone help?

How old do you think and who is the maker

Thanks

wee have an entire section devoted to anvls and you felt the need to post this in the reference section?  I will move it you need to read this

 

Let me see if I can help here.  It has the early English pattern and pound weight stamped on the side.  The "1" stands for 112 pounds and the "2" stands for 56 pounds (2 x 28 pounds) and the "15" stands for 15 pounds so your anvil weighs approximately 183 pounds if I've figured it correctly.  There were a lot of makers using this style of anvil including Mousehole.  I can almost make out "hole" on the end of the letters, but I've not seen a Mousehole stamped with "Improved" or "Best" on it.  The best guess I can give you is that it's dated somewhere in the 1800's most likely.  Wish I could be of more help, maybe others will have more information.

CWT weight stamped on the sides that can be converted to the pound weight...

Thanks

I am in scotland near edinburgh

I got the anvil in east lothian from a man in his late 60s and it belonged to his father who was a local blacksmith in longniddry

But the ma didn't know anything about it unfotunatly

It has a hole on the under side and on the lower body

There is more writing on it but has worn away over the years

I do believe that I can make out "......OOD" and   ".....RIDGE", which would make this an Attwood anvil from Stourbridge, England.

8 hours ago, Kj1 said:

I am in scotland near edinburgh

We won't remember this after leaving this post, hence the suggestion to edit your profile to include your location along with other pointers in the read me first thread.

BTW: Welcome to IFI.