Cocks, George C., Bristol, portable desk maker (1825–35). At 3 Lower Montague St, 1825–29, 2 Denmark St, 1830–32, and Upper Maudlin St, 1833–35. In 1832 declared himself to be the ‘manufacturer of the Beautiful Polyanthus Wood and all other kinds of British Woods, also Manufacturer of Portable Desks, Dressing & Travelling Cases, Bagatelle Tables, Beer Engines, Clock and Spring Cases, Fire Screens &c. Manufacturer of Tea Caddies and other Fancy articles in Tortoiseshell, Hard Wood & Ivory turner, Glass bender &c.’. His label is pasted to the inside of a clock case in Bristol Art Gallery collection. [D]