dheck Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Looking to identify this Anvil... Has a "crest like" marking on the side along with numbers 1 2 5 (which I understand means it weighs 173lbs. Also has a number 6 stamped at the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Welcome from the Ozark mountains. It would help if we knew where in the world you and it are located. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dheck Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 I am from upstate New York Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Welcome aboard D, glad to have you. I'm no anvil guru but I've never seen a heater shape cast proud like that. A heater is a particular shield shape, heraldic devices and family crests were often placed in or on a "heater". Have you done a rebound test, used it? She's got some miles on her but there's plenty of life there, many years easy. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dheck Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 I have not have not used it or done a rebound test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Looks to me like it might have been a side protrusion for some purpose that has been broken off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 That’s what I was thinking, maybe some kinda side clip? but aren’t those normally flush with the face? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I agree that it's some kind of protrusion that has since broken (or been broken) off. Whatever its original purpose (which is impossible to tell now; it could have been a number of things), the shield shape indicates that it was probably broken off by the Normans after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Brouwers Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I wonder if it is something that a previous owner welded on, and then cut off later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dheck Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 With some more wire brushing and pencil and a piece of paper I was able to figure out the make. It’s a Wilkinson Queens Dudley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 2 hours ago, JHCC said: that it was probably broken off by the Normans Leave it to a guy named Norman to break an anvil! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatLiner Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Probably a carriage makers anvil that the side clip was broken or cut off at some point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stash Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Ditto what Flatliner said. Most likely. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Coachmakers anvil minus the clip protrusion. If you want to know how much it weighs WEIGH IT! Bathroom scale will work. It used to weigh 1x112 + 2x28 + 5---according to their scale at that time. I don't think I have ever seen an old one that was spot on their stamped weight on a modern calibrated scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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