An elegant sterling silver four piece tea service 1948/9 Sheffield, with maker's mark for L. Roe & Sons, comprising a teapot, hot water jug, creamer and sugar bowl, the teapot of ovoid form with a domed lid and cap form timber finial with silver embellishment, a simple narrow dentil border to the body, a timber handle and raised on a pedestal foot, other pieces conforming; crisply hallmarked. Total weight 1452gr height 15.5 cm. Width 25.5 cm