A William IV/early Victorian brass mastiff collar, circa 1835


With rims folded around a wire, and adjusting to four positions, now secured by a (locked) padlock, stamped to its swivelling keyhole guard 'VR' beneath a crown, and 'PATENT' twice, the collar engraved 'Revd David Rees / TALYBONT', 19cm approximate diameter x 5.5cm high
|There are two places called Talybont in Wales. The first is Talybont, Ceredigion, about halfway between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth. The second is Talybont-on-Usk, a village in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire.The inscription may refer to The Reverend David Rees (1801– 1869), a Welsh Congregational Minister of Capel Als chapel, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. Talybont-on-Usk is fifty miles from Llanelli. This David Rees was the editor of a radical Welsh language Nonconformist periodical titled Y Diwygiwr (The Reformer). He was best known as 'Y Cynhyrfwr' ('The Agitator'), his radical political views, and his opposition to the relationship between the Established Church and the state. His obituary recorded that he lived at Goring Villa, Llanelli.