Anvil and block, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.1222.1a,b

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

A cast iron or steel T-shaped anvil (a) is driven into the top of a section of a tree trunk that has been turned (b). A forged iron band around the top serves to keep the wood around the anvil shaft from splitting. The wood is probably maple.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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