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Be it there is a melting pot of gents on here fluent in ancient weaponry maybe they are also well educated on the tooling of the era. Abana is a ghost town and I'm likely to get a reply in a month or so... An Iron monger knows his own kind and I figure I'll give this place a try. Thank you in advance.
I have what appears to be a very old piece that is a new arrival to my collection. I can only assume that originated in europe around the 15th or 16th century, as the only comparable anvil that resembles anything close to this one is a very old london pattern anvil I found via the internet dated 1533, of which has three trees embossed trees on it's side. The only differences on my anvil that I can note from the above-mentioned "Tree Anvil" dated 1533; its obviously a continental double-horned pattern, it has what look to be stepped feet, and it has a blocky "S" which has been deliberately chiseled/cut into the side... Please note that this anvil does not resemble any of the "S"-Sheffield patterns depicted in "Anvils in America", though they are in the same general location on the base where the 5th foot would generally be. This anvil weighs in at 45 pounds and does have a crude square hardy hole with something lodged inside. I'm going to attempt to do electrolysis rust removal to un-wedge the object and uncover any other markings that may be hidden or covered in grime. For the mean time I have used a heavy coat of Gibbs penetrant and a very light brass wire brush Dremel to clear up some detail. Hopefully the lighting enables all of you to better insight to the detail, as it's a well-seasoned survivor.
Any help or input in regards to origin would be super helpful, as features that are indicative of region via anvil fire seem to be all well and good up until a certain point in history, afterwards european patterns tend to look like each other, and it starts to get confusing. I've attempted to contact Richard Postman, but for some odd reason I'm unable to get the message submitted to his website...
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I have what appears to be a very old piece that is a new arrival to my collection. I can only assume that originated in europe around the 15th or 16th century, as the only comparable anvil that resembles anything close to this one is a very old london pattern anvil I found via the internet dated 1533, of which has three trees embossed trees on it's side. The only differences on my anvil that I can note from the above-mentioned "Tree Anvil" dated 1533; its obviously a continental double-horned pattern, it has what look to be stepped feet, and it has a blocky "S" which has been deliberately chiseled/cut into the side... Please note that this anvil does not resemble any of the "S"-Sheffield patterns depicted in "Anvils in America", though they are in the same general location on the base where the 5th foot would generally be. This anvil weighs in at 45 pounds and does have a crude square hardy hole with something lodged inside. I'm going to attempt to do electrolysis rust removal to un-wedge the object and uncover any other markings that may be hidden or covered in grime. For the mean time I have used a heavy coat of Gibbs penetrant and a very light brass wire brush Dremel to clear up some detail. Hopefully the lighting enables all of you to better insight to the detail, as it's a well-seasoned survivor.
Any help or input in regards to origin would be super helpful, as features that are indicative of region via anvil fire seem to be all well and good up until a certain point in history, afterwards european patterns tend to look like each other, and it starts to get confusing. I've attempted to contact Richard Postman, but for some odd reason I'm unable to get the message submitted to his website...
Better contrast...
sorry about all I got. Great addition to your collection.