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Nail maker anvil
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Nail maker anvil

Date1700s-1800s
Mediumwrought iron
Dimensions29.2 × 28.9 × 2.9 cm (11 1/2 × 11 3/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineGift of Rumiko and Laurent Adamowicz
Object number2024.180
DescriptionFitted with apical base for insertion in an anvil. 19 swages on the face for different sizes.
On View
On view
Current Location
  • Exhibition Location   Gallery 2204
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Italian
1400s–1500s
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Italian
1400–1470
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1600s-1700s
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German
1600s
Ge (dagger-axe)
Chinese
about 800–250 BCE (Eastern Zhou Dynasty)
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Southern German
late 1400s
Iron Form No. 101
Albert R. Paley Jr.
1974
Miniature Gate
Spanish
16th century