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| Thanks, Kevan! |
This anvil vise was found on Marketplace. Along with the missing clamping screw and handle, it's missing some lasts (as seen below).
Harper and Sons of Dudley, England, was an iron foundry founded by Absolom Harper in 1822 that became A. Harper & Sons & Bean after George Bean joined the company in 1907. The company started as a producer of iron goods like fire grates and later became a significant manufacturer of automobile parts and eventually its own "Bean" cars, ceasing car production in 1929 but continuing as a parts supplier for decades. I can't find much info on the company's anvil business but there was apparently an award for merit at the Melbourne, Australia Centennial for "Harper and Sons, Anvils, Vyces and Tools".
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Company history here.
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