Anvil Identification Help

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Hello, I recently purchased this 90 lb anvil and was hoping someone could help me identify the manufacturer. I thought I figured out which type it was by looking at picturers of similar anvils, but now I am not sure. I thought it might be a Hay-Budden, but the other images I see appear to have a weld a half inch from the top. If there is any line on this one it is half way down the side. Plus, the other ones seem to all have a small circular hole on top of it (though I don't know that those are necessarily required for it to be a Hay). I don't see any markings on the anvil at all. Any insight appreciated.


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Need to find somebody with Richard Postman's book, "Anvils in America". It may help. Looks like it is a newer anvil. The horn has kind of an odd shape.
My anvil is a 162 pound Mousehole Forge anvil from England, made around 1820 (at least according to Postman).
 
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