Lomas Froming & Co Sheffield anvil??

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Hi.  Wondering if anyone has any information on Lomas Froming & Co anvils made in Sheffield?  I think I read somewhere that Mr. Lomas and Mr. Froming worked for Armitage/Mousehole for a while and started their own company shortly before 1852.  Curious to know if anyone know what the anvils were made from, quality, etc.  My perhaps incorrect assumption is that the Lomas/Froming manufacturing process would be similar to Armitage/Mousehole.  I don't have my Postmans books AIA and Mousehole Forge handy (casualties of flooded garage and basement over the weekend) so I can't research there until I replace them.

I found some info in a Sheffield history site (sheffieldhistory.co.uk):

White's 1852

M. and H. Armitage (& Co.) ironmasters, forgers, anvil manufacturers &c Mousehole Forge and Owlerton Rolling Mill

Thomas Binney Anvil maker and smith 54 Holly Street

Henry Ibbotson Brown Patten &c. dealer & anvil smith 171 South Street

Miles James Mason Fawcett Anvil, vice, hammer &c. manufacturer Sheldon Row; h. 60 Wicker

Thomas Henry Fromings Anvil manager (Lomas & Co.) Forge Lane

William Parker Spade, shovel, mill chisel, anvil &c. manufacturer Attercliffe & Sheffield

William Parker Spade, shovel, mill chisel, chain, anvil, vice hammer &c. manufacturer Pond Forge, Forge Lane; h. Attercliffe

William jun Parker Spade, shovel, mill chisel, chain, anvil, vice hammer &c. manufacturer Norfolk Works, 65 Duke Street, Park; h. Attercliffe

Joseph Sanderson Anvil maker (S Bros) h. 5 Monmouth Street

Thomas Sanderson Anvil &c. manufacturer (S Bros.) h. Ecclesall Road

Thomas and Joseph Sanderson (Bros.) anvil, vice, hammer, press, screw &c. manufacturers Vulcan Works, 164 South Street

John Hatthronthwaite Winder Merchant and steel, file, anvil &c. manufacturer Royds Works