Atlantic combines a contemporary profile with carefully balanced proportions. The high-gloss Atlantic-Brillant version gives the clear silhouette a bright, reflective surface while preserving the restrained character of the design.
A contemporary, balanced pattern with a smooth profile and a brilliant polished surface.
Wilfried Moll belonged to a generation of silversmiths for whom reduction was not an aesthetic gesture, but a discipline. His work was shaped by precision, proportion and an insistence that an object should reveal its quality through use rather than ornament. This approach found its most influential expression in his collaboration with Robbe & Berking. Beginning with Alta in the early 1980s, Moll developed a series of cutlery designs that translated the traditions of the silversmith into a distinctly modern language. Alta, Riva, Sphinx and Atlantic each explore this idea differently, yet all share the same underlying clarity: carefully controlled profiles, balanced proportions and surfaces allowed to speak without decorative interruption. Moll’s background as a practising silversmith is essential to understanding the character of these designs. The relationship between handle, weight and functional end is treated as a continuous whole, giving the pieces a sense of calm and physical assurance in the hand. The simplicity is never anonymous; it depends on subtle differences in curve, thickness and balance that only become fully apparent through use. His work also reflects influences beyond Germany. Moll spent part of his early career in Copenhagen and remained closely connected to Scandinavian silversmithing, while Bauhaus reduction and encounters with Japanese metalwork further informed his approach to form. In his cutlery for Robbe & Berking, these references are distilled rather than displayed. The result is tableware that feels both exact and effortless — objects in which craftsmanship, ergonomics and modernity become almost inseparable.
“Reduction is most convincing when nothing essential has been lost.”
Wilfried Moll
The 30-piece Atlantic Brillant set follows six guests into dessert and coffee with six cake forks and six coffee spoons. As the larger dinner pieces disappear, the collection remains in a smaller, more delicate scale. It is a subtle transition, but one that allows Wilfried Moll’s balanced proportions to continue through the final part of the meal.
Because there are fewer objects left on the table to compete with the cutlery. The highly polished stainless steel begins to catch candlelight, glassware and the colours of the dessert itself, making the reflective surface more noticeable than it may have been during the busier main course.
Atlantic Brillant is designed to reflect its surroundings. Its highly polished surface introduces points of light around the plate, giving the table a more luminous character without adding ornament. At dessert, when the setting often becomes quieter and more intimate, those reflections can become part of the atmosphere.
The defining difference is the finish. Both share Wilfried Moll’s distinctive profile, balanced proportions and softly rounded handle ends, but Atlantic has a brushed matt surface while Atlantic Brillant is highly polished. The geometry remains the same; the way the cutlery interacts with light changes completely.
The cake fork concentrates Atlantic Brillant’s design into a smaller object just as the meal slows down. Its polished surface catches the changing light while its compact proportions bring the detailing closer to the hand. It turns an often overlooked utensil into the final expression of the collection before the table is cleared.
