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Manchester c.1875 Anvil Inkstand — 2
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6½"/16.5cm x 3½"/8.7cm x height 3¾"/9.3cm. A typical English blacksmith's single-horn general purpose anvil. Note the sophisticated design incorporating the optical illusion of the spreading feet of a real anvil. An early pressing with tight clean joints between the five outer sections of the mould. The closest match to the simple gadrooned rectangular lower plateau is the sphinx by Molineaux, Webb & Co., Rd. 26 July 1875.
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