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Swage used by blacksmiths for bending and shaping metal. Used at Messrs Wallace Bros. blacksmiths shop in Writtle, Essex. Later than 1880.
A swage is a tool used by blacksmiths for bending and shaping metal. This anvil swage was used at Messrs Wallace Bros. blacksmiths shop in Writtle, Essex. It probably dates from no later than 1880.

1 swage: metal (iron)

MERL miscellaneous note - 'Two anvil swages 62/343-344 // One nail heading tool 62/345 // One anvil tool for flattening 62/346 // All from the blacksmiths shop at Messrs Wallace Bros, Whittle, Chelmsford, Essex. // All are substantially wrought iron and are probably no later than 1880. // ... Above business now abandoned. The wheelwright Wallace died in 1960 - work including undertaking etc still carried out by former apprentice... in a new business established 1960 on a site a few yards away.', MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'SWAGE (ANVIL) // See attached notes. // Probably no later than 1880. Wrought iron.'

1880