Colonial period anvil?

[Regulator]

Good morning,

I wanted to see if anyone might be able to date this anvil or possibly know the manufacturer. I have been looking for a colonial/early 1800s anvil for awhile, and this appears to be of that era, but thought the experts here might know better. 
 

Regulator 

[Latticino]

Hardly an expert, but the proportions look a lot like Mousehole to me.  Tried the chalk trick on the sides yet?

[Regulator]

I am going to see it today, and will try that out. 
 

[ThomasPowers]

First thing, with no location, WHOSE colonial period?  That doesn't look like a Spanish Colonial anvil; nor like the anvils in the Italian Colonization of Ethiopia in the  1930's.     Here in the USA; the Palace of the Governors was built and in use in Santa Fe NM, over a decade before the Pilgrims arrived on the eastern seaboard.

Second if it's not stamped; then there is no way to accurately identify that age an anvil to a maker as many makers made quite similar ones.

I would hazard a guess that it is English and pre 1830; the legs are not quite as small and spindlely as the earlier ones so I would guess toward the later end of the range. It also looks like a good working weight, again more towards the end of the range.

It would be a great anvil for late 18th/early 19th  demos.

[Regulator]

Here’s a few more photos. 
 

I am speaking of the English colonization of the eastern seaboard of America. 

[Regulator]

No markings. Body has been painted, which I would like to remove. 

[ThomasPowers]

Weight? On the early ones it's often easy to see traces of the pieces of wrought iron that were forge welded up to get the mass as well.

[Regulator]

163lbs. A few more photos after a little cleaning. The previous owner used some sand paper on the face when his roof leaked and it rusted badly, thus the markings. It has what seems to be a nice high pitch ring. 
 

 

[Steve Sells]

we still have no clue where in the worlds 160 IFI member country's this is at

[Regulator]

Piedmont of North Carolina. 

[ThomasPowers]

Look at how large the sweet spot is on that anvil!  What does the ball bearing test show?

I think that line a bit forward of the hardy hole is where there was a faceplate weld as the old anvils had the face plate welded on in sections and the weld line often shows with long wear.

[Regulator]

I’ll have to try a ball bearing. This is a video of very lightly tapping with a small hammer between the fingers, for what that’s worth. Feels like good rebound with the small hammer, and a nice ring. 
 

 

[ThomasPowers]

Sorry I don't have anything set up to play that and won't yield my privacy to microsoft to do so.

[Regulator]

Okay. It’s a video I took on my phone, not sure how to post a video that’s easier to access. 

[Stash]

Didn't look at the vid, but generally if tapping with a hammer as you described yields a clear ring and good bounce, I consider it good in my book. The ball bearing test quantifies things a little better. Looks like a nice old girl, with a lot of life left.

Steve