If you look at damaged anvil and anvil in inventory, you can't see the damage on the symbol of damaged anvil
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/cVLYo.png
Linked issues
is duplicated by 5
MC-3210
Anvil in item frame won't synchronized with the real block
Resolved
MC-3211
Anvil in creative inventory won't synchronized with the real block
Resolved
MC-5146
Anvil Texture in the item frame
Resolved
MC-12367
Anvil doesn't show damage in creative menu
Resolved
MC-16445
Anvil In-hand texture does not change!
Resolved
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Comments 9
You know what's curious? Anvils can render damage state, but only when spawned with commands. For example, "/give <name> 145 1 4" appears as a slightly damaged anvil, and "/give <name> 145 1 8" appears very damaged. It seems the game's offsetting the render type by the higher order pair of bits, instead of the lower order pair of bits, and hence using the wrong render.
Oh yeah, and confirmed for 13w09c.
Nathan Adams
Confirmed. Even in creative inventory as per screenshot the anvils are the same and only hovering over them shows the different names.