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'the Cox Desk', A Rare and Important Australian Colonial Twin…
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Melbourne
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30-Oct-2007
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'the Cox Desk', A Rare and Important Australian Colonial Twin Pedestal Desk, New South Wales, Circa 1845 the rectangular top inset with leather, cross-banded cedar veneer and thumbnail moulded edge, a central drawer flanked by three graduated drawers to each pedestal, original locks and turned knobs, raised on eight squat turned legs This desk has been traced to the descendants of William Cox of the pioneering Cox family. The desk was originally owned by Charles Clarendon Cox (1831-1878) grandson of Captain William Cox to Charlotte Elizabeth Cox to Minna Claredon Cox to Beryl Kraus (nee Cox) to The Rustic Charm to John Buttsworth to Rustic Charm to the Multiplex Group History:Captain William Cox was appointed paymaster of the New South Wales Corps in 1788, he arrived in the colonies in 1799. He settled at Claredon near Windsor and became a successful landowner and sheep breeder. Governor Macquarie appointed William Cox to build the first road over the Blue Mountains, and he is best remembered for succeeding in this enormous task. He had only thiry men and the constructed 163km of road in six months. Governor Macquarie then granted Cox 2,000 acres beyond the ranges. He died in 1837 139 cm wide, 71 cm deep, 77 cm high
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