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 becomes almost cinematic in the serving pieces. Unlike an individual fork or knife that remains beside one plate, serving spoons, forks and ladles travel between dishes and guests. As they move, the highly polished stainless steel continuously catches new reflections from glassware, candlelight, porcelain and the food itself.
Scale and movement amplify the finish. The larger surfaces give Wilfried Moll’s highly polished design more space to reflect its surroundings, while the act of lifting and passing the pieces changes those reflections from moment to moment. What is luminous at an individual place setting becomes dynamic at the centre of the table.
The serving set brings together the principal pieces used between platter and plate: two large meat forks, a cream spoon, a large salad fork and spoon, two serving spoons, a sauce ladle, tart server and sugar spoon. Together, they extend Atlantic Brillant from the individual place setting into the shared rituals of serving.
Atlantic has been selected for professional restaurant tables because Wilfried Moll’s clear profile and balanced proportions create presence without dominating the food. Atlantic Brillant applies that same design to a highly polished finish, giving the serving pieces a more luminous expression while preserving the restraint of the original form.
Yes. A serving piece is rarely viewed from one fixed angle. It is lifted, turned, passed and returned, allowing Atlantic Brillant’s surface to reflect different parts of the room throughout the meal. The finish therefore becomes part of the action of hospitality rather than simply a static feature of the table setting.
