A Queen Anne two-handled silver toilet bowl and cover

A Queen Anne two-handled silver toilet bowl and cover,

maker's mark partially worn, possibly by Alexander Roode, London 1702, the cover unmarked,

circular form, fluted decoration, scroll handles, on a raised circular foot, the cover with the same design and a fluted finial, with a later cut-out section for a sugar spoon, the underside of the cover and base engraved with a crest, length handle to handle 18.5cm, approx. weight 14.3oz.

The crest is that of Sebright of Besford Court, Worcestershire, created baronets in 1626.

Sir Edward Sebright, 3rd baronet, was born in 1668 and served as Sheriff of Worcester in 1685. He married Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Saunders of Beechwood, Hertfordshire and died on 16 Dec 1702, being succeeded by his eldest son Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright, 4th Bt., MP for Hertfordshire, whose younger brother Edward was murdered in 1723 near Calais where a monument was erected to his memory.