Pair of tall carved and gilded mahogany tripod candelabra with five lights on gilt bronze branches, with pineapple finial and turned tapering shaft with stiff-leaf moulding at base, three archaic male masks above three addorsed crouching lions, raised on a concave triangular plinth and fluted feet. In the years around 1807-14 Paul Storr, the celebrated Regency goldsmith, was in partnership with the carver and gilder Peter Bogaerts at No. 22 or 23 Air Street, Piccadilly. This partnership, which seems to have been largely independent of Storr's principal career as a goldsmith, presumably originated in his need for carved models from which to cast in silver, although it also extended to a limited production of furniture and architectural carving. In December 1809 Storr took Peter Bogerts (sic) - perhaps a son of his partner - as an apprentice; this may have been the same man as the 'Bogearts' who was working for Morel & Seddon in 1827. The newly identified invoice for the candelabra, dated December 1807, indicates that they (described as '9 foot high, each to hold 9 lights') were ordered by Walsh Porter, from c.1805 to 1809 the future George IV's interior decorator at Carlton House. They cost the substantial sum of £410 and were intended 'to stand one on each side of the Throne' in the original Throne Room at Carlton House (later the Ante Room to the new Throne Room). They were eventually displaced by two from a set of six candelabra by Thomire, purchased in 1814. The design reflects the archaeological influence of 'Etchings ... of Ancient Ornamental Architecture' by Charles Heathcote Tatham (1772-1842), published in 1799, especially in features such as the seated lions and the antique heads. Without the evidence of the bill, an attribution to the cabinet-making firm of Tatham's brother, Thomas (d. 1818) - Tatham, Bailey & Sanders - would have been quite plausible, especially as this firm was extensively employed by George IV. The candelabra were removed from store at Carlton House in 1827 and sent to Morel & Seddon to be refurbished for use in George IV's new rooms at Windsor. They were intended for Room 207 (then the King's Writing Room, subsequently Bedroom) but were actually used in Room 197 (then the Small Drawing Room) where they were matched with a duplicate pair made by Morel & Seddon [RCIN 514]. Not meeting the King's approval, all four were removed to St James's Palace in May 1829. Later in the nineteenth century, the number of branches on both pairs was reduced from nine to five. Catalogue entry from Royal Treasures, A Golden Jubilee Celebration, London 2002