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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
rushlight, broken - one jaw missing. At the stem / leg join a larger disc is used with file work notches to the edge. This is repeated in the generous drip pan with a plain tubular socket. The stem is of round section, with shorter jaws. (Robert Ashley, 2001).
Probably the work of John Jenkins (c.1808-1885), who worked at Borth c.1840-1850, or possibly David Jenkins, born 1842, working c.1881 at Ponterwyd. The smithy at Ponterwyd produced a distinctive form of tripod holder with thin guage flat legs with a cabriole shaping, terminating in penny feet.
