Its architecture becomes easier to see. In the larger serving pieces, Robert Berking’s characteristic changes in material thickness have more room to unfold, turning spoons, forks and ladles into strongly three-dimensional objects. What feels tactile in the hand as a dinner fork becomes visibly sculptural at the centre of the table.

Scale makes subtle design decisions more legible. York’s identity comes from the way the forged steel shifts between substantial and flatter sections along the handle. Enlarged into a serving spoon, those transitions become more pronounced, allowing weight, profile and volume to become part of the visual experience as well as the tactile one.

The serving set brings together the principal pieces used between platter and plate: two large meat forks, a cream spoon, large salad fork and spoon, two serving spoons, a sauce ladle, tart server and sugar spoon. Together, they extend York beyond the individual guest and into the communal rituals of serving.

Serving pieces are repeatedly lifted, carried and passed across the table, so their physical character matters. York’s forged construction gives them substance, while the deliberately changing profile prevents that weight from becoming visually blunt. The result is a serving object that feels substantial without losing precision.

With York, it can. The larger pieces move through the space between dishes, plates and guests, repeatedly introducing the collection’s distinctive profile into the centre of the table. Serving therefore becomes more than function: it is the moment when York’s sculptural language begins to move.