September 14, 20187 yr Trying to determine age of Mouse Hole anvil. Based on what I see of stamping on side, I think it's a 1879 after Brooks & Cooper went back to the M & H stamping. However, there is a serial # on the foot that reads either "15810" or "5810" (I'm not sure if what is before the "5" is part of the serial # or not) but neither serial # seems to match with the stamping on the side per AIA and Mousehole Forge descriptions of stampings and serial #'s after Brooks & Cooper took over. If the serial # is 5810, date would probably be 1880 but then side stamping doesn't match. If the serial # is 15810, date would be after 1896 but the "PATENT" stamping on side should be above the mouse picture. In this case, the "PATENT" is above the cwt stamp like 1879. Side stamping is: M&H ARMITAGE MOUSE HOLE FORGE SHEFFIELD WARRANTED "pic of mouse" HOLE PATENT 0 . 5 . 14
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