![]() The next figure is quarter hundred weights which equal 28 pounds and the last number is whole pounds. The first figure to the left is hundred weights which equal 112 pounds. These figures were stamped into the finished anvil and are often not very deep. 3rd number identifies actual remaining pounds 2nd number identifies the quarter hundredweight (28 pounds). 1st number identifies how many hundredweight (112 pounds). While the other English anvil manufacturers very gradually developed the London Pattern shape Peter Wright brought art to the lines of the anvil producing the most familiar and recognizable anvil shape English anvils (like Peter Wright) used the hundredweight system to identify weight. So, 3 x 28 = 84, + 16 = 100 Weight clearly marked in English Hundredweight with the midle numeral centered in the circular SOLID WROUGHT logo. 0, 1, 2, or 3 only Third number = pounds, 0 to 27. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or more (!!) possible Second number = quarter hundredweights, or 28 lbs. Home How to tell the weight of a Peter Wright anvilįirst number = cwt or long hundredweights, or 112 lbs.
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