Blacksmith's anvil
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron
Measurements
280 mm (H)700 mm (W)
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Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 106723
Summary
Blacksmith's anvil - Free standing on sawn tree trunk. Incised mark on one side, mostly illegible but /Best warranted'/'66 TW/ visible. On other side /2/ and /18/ at either end. Face has circular punching hole and square hardy hole at opposite end to bick. This is a London pattern blacksmith's anvil, having a dropped table on the bick for cutting - compare with the other anvil (106710) which is a farrier's anvil. Wooden block is new.