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
Atlantic Brillant turns the table into a composition of small reflections. Across twelve place settings and the accompanying serving pieces, the highly polished stainless steel repeatedly catches glassware, candlelight, porcelain and movement around the room. The effect is not ornamental in the traditional sense; the surroundings themselves become part of the surface.
Because the brightness comes from the material rather than an applied motif. Wilfried Moll’s clean profile remains restrained, but the polished surface introduces light throughout the setting. Repeated across a large table, those reflections create rhythm and atmosphere while the underlying design stays controlled.
Atlantic Brillant almost can. Its highly polished surface responds continuously to whatever surrounds it: daylight at lunch, candlelight at dinner, coloured glassware, white porcelain or the food itself. The form stays constant, but its visual character changes with the table.
Because they bring the collection’s reflective character into the centre of the table. While individual pieces remain beside each guest, the larger serving forms move between dishes and place settings, catching light from different angles as they are lifted and passed. The finish becomes dynamic rather than static.
Restraint in the form. Atlantic Brillant is highly reflective, but Wilfried Moll’s balanced proportions, clear profile and softly rounded handle ends keep the design disciplined. The polish provides luminosity; the shape prevents that luminosity from becoming visually overwhelming.
