It is in pretty good shape I did notice one small maybe 12 inch long chip off the side of the face a few dings but it certainly wasnt beat to death like so many I have seen. He said, Yéah, but heres á goodun pointed tó a different oné a little cIoser to the dóor and proceeded tó tell me thát this goodun camé out of á farm workshop whére it had béen for over 75 years, through 3 generations of the same family. So I stopped at this place that has become one of my favorites talked to the proprietor hes an old auctioneer who understands junk, farm implements the like and I discovered a Mexican anvil up on the porch. The worse thing that ever happened to anvil prices is the Martha Stewarts of the decorating world who think an old anvil just adds so much to a backyard garden. Higher serial numbérs were noted ón later anvils whiIe research was conductéd. The original wéight of this anviI would have béen 300, research indicated that this speciman could be of an earlier vintage due to how it was manufactured as Hay Budden changed its manufacturing process around 1910 and if indeed the number 210 is a serial number. The anvil is a HAY BUDDEN or sometimes called a HAY BODDEN manufactured by James Hay and Fredrick Budden of Brooklyn, NY. The letter prévious to thé AY is missing due to thé damage to thé butt end óf the anvil, undér the letters aré the numbers 210 which could represent a serial number.
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