Anvil and block, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.1132.1a,b

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Small iron or steel (cast) anvil (a) set into a mortise in a cherry block (b). Block is square in "X" section and tapers upward. Arrises are chamfered. Anvil mortise is located in a step cut into the block near its top.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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