[TheForge] Need anvil ID help, please

[Barking Crow]

At our FABA meeting I saw an old beat up anvil for sale for $300 and
wondered what made it so pricey and it turns out it was probably a Moses
from 1700 or so.  The guy showed me the anvil book which had its picture on
maybe the first page and seemed to identify it as a Moses.  Unfortunately I
didn't pay much attention and would like someone who has the anvil book to
read up on it and tell me what they can about the moses.  It was as I
remember on the lower left hand column of the left hand page and on the
righthand page were two pictures of a similar anvil but one that had a fifth
leg.  I'm suddenly interested as when I got home and studied the old anvil
that I thought had the pritchel hole broken off it seems to be the same
anvil which never had a pritchel and which may be several hundred years old!

So, I'd be  very interested to know as much about that Moses as the book has
to say, especially, when and where they were manufactured.  I'm a lot more
fond of that little homely anvil now.  May have to move it indoors or try to
get the rust off.

Thanks,   Jeff Valentine

Barking Crow
http://www.barkingcrow.com
mail@barkingcrow.com