Field guide No. 1075

A black iron anvil rests on a heap of white feathers against a grey backdrop, its base sunk gently into them. The anvil has found the one place it can sit and not be struck.

Anvil yielding to feathers

The feathers held out longer.

A black iron anvil rests on a heap of white feathers against a grey backdrop, its base sunk gently into them. The anvil has found the one place it can sit and not be struck.

Field noteA black iron anvil sinks softly into a heap of feathers. It found the one seat that does not ring.

Specimen
No. 1075
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Where it doesn’t exist
A grey photographer’s studio.
Nearest existing relative
A blacksmith’s anvil.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Objects

Also possible, also breaking physics