Cox and Co Trunk

Hi I found this Trunk in an Australian Opp Shop and brought it. I was just wanting to know the history but google is not helping.

It says Patent No. Wiped Off
Cox & Co
Putney S.W.15

Does anyone have a clue of what I got? Is it historical? Is it old? Is it valuable?

 

Trying to upload photo

 

Thank you for clarifying that.

 

Welcome!
You can load up to 10 photos on one post.

 

I'm not that tech savvy

 

Just keep loading them until you have 10...
If you have more do a follow up post.

 

They won't even let me load from my mobile. I need to send them to email and shrink the photos and ain't nobody got time for that lol.

 

Does anyone have a clue of what I got? Is it historical? Is it old? Is it valuable?

Explain to me why I should spend my time researching this for you ?

 

You don't have to spend your time researching for it for me of you don't want to. Obviously by your comment you feel like I'm wasting your time.

I posted it on here as I had zero clue what I purchased. As stated above it's from England but found in Australia. I had a beautiful person contact me with a tinny bit of information saying it's from the 1920s and worth 5 times what I purchased. So yes historical and valuable. But I posted on here for people who may have knowledge on this brand if they felt like sharing it as I love to know if many where made or how it came across half way around the world and donrated for free to a charity store.

 

Sadly don't own a PC. So phone is only option. That's why I did 3 photos different angles and all the information written on it.

 

Found this bit of information online. Can't find much more.


Cox & Company, formerly, Cox of Watford was formed in the late 1920s by Roland William Cox.
Cox, initially making car accessories under the vehicle manufacturer Rotax, pioneered early windscreen design and tubular automobile seating. On leaving Rotax and exposed to Thonet's tubular steel furniture of the 1930s Cox & Co was founded with a focus shifting to military vehicles and private commissions.
Early notable orders included 5,000 chairs for Bobby's department store in Bournemouth, 2,500 tables for Dreamland, Margate and a series of pieces for the BBC's broadcasting House (1931-2) and flip-up seating for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1935.
Government contracts to produce decoy tanks of tubular steel and canvas briefly put a pause to proceedings before momentum quickly returned post 1945. At one point it has been said there wasn't a village hall to be found in the country that lacked a stack of the classic "Cox-Chair".
During its 1950s and 1960s hay-day Cox & Co returned entirely to the production of non-transport products, winning contracts to supply Heathrow and the Royal Festival Hall.
With the company selling up in the 1980s the archive has been stored in sheds of the family farm for 30 years - receiving the occasional airing at family parties since then.

 

Thought this could be a car trunk and that fits with the info above.

 

Two free phone apps that you can use to re-size photos are Image Size & Photo Shrinker......I have not used them, but both have 4 1/2 star ratings.........you need to be UNDER 1 megabyte for each picture.

 

That's a good thought except it's huge and hardly fit in my car