Category Flatware
ROBERT WELCH Robert Welch flatware uses the highest quality 18/10 stainless steel (18 per cent chrome, 10 per cent nickel) in the manufacturing of its forks and spoons, while the knives are forged from a single ingot of specially-hardened stainless steel with a content of 13 per cent chrome for a fine cutting edge. Robert Welch currently retails around 30 flatware patterns through its own channels with its top-selling patterns available to trade customers. The design company’s most recent cutlery pattern is Arden (pictured above), a simple yet striking design with delicate lines and gradually tapering handles. As well as securing the coveted Good Design Award 2016, Arden has proven especially popular in retail and hospitality. Other award-winning patterns include Bud, Molton and Deta, but its bestselling pattern is Radford (aka Caesna in the US), which boasts over 50 different pieces, including a spork, lobster pick and ice tongs. All flatware comes with a 25-year guarantee.
www.robertwelch.com
STELLAR Cutlery is a large part of Horwoods’ product portfolio under the brands Stellar and Judge. Over the last few years, both brands have brought out new lines, new pack formats, made packaging more shop-friendly and invested in merchandising units. With their lifetime guarantees, the boxed sets from Stellar make perfect wedding presents. The Stellar Rochester and Judge Windsor collections offer loose cutlery alongside boxed sets of items, such as steak sets, pasty forks, latte spoons and butter knives, plus large box sets, including the 72-piece Judge Windsor range. Made from high-quality 18/10 stainless steel, mirrorpolished for an extra shine, the new Stellar Sterling cutlery (pictured left) is stylish and practical, with an Art Deco-inspired design. Dishwasher-safe, this design includes spoons, forks, knives and tea spoons, and comes in 24 and 48-piece sets, with each set gift-boxed with a viewing window for attractive presentation.
www.horwood.co.uk
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DANSK
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VILLEROY & BOCH For the classically elegant table, Villeroy & Boch has introduced silver-plated versions of its three successful cutlery lines: the historically-inspired Neufaden Merlemont and Kreuzband Septfontaines, and the modern La Classica, all made of high-quality 18/10 stainless steel. Neufaden Merlemont delivers an elegant droplet shape at the end of the handles and a strand that peters out as it moves away from handle, while Kreuzband Septfontaines is underscored by delicate ornamentation on the handles and back of the tops of the cutlery. La Classica delivers straight contours, clear lines, a simple geometry and a deliberately minimalist design language. These three selected cutlery lines have now been given high-quality silver plating in Germany, which, thanks to special manufacturing techniques, also makes them food-safe and dishwasher-proof. They come in 24, 30, 74 and 113-piece sets. La Classica has also been given a partially goldplated makeover (pictured) – the soft, matt gold colour contrasting beautifully with the lustrous stainless steel.
www.villeroy-boch.com
Renowned for its technically-challenging finishes, Sambonet has just introduced a brand-new special finish, PVD Copper Vintage, a twophase process that combines the vintage effect with the PVD processing technique, delivering a charming and stylish retro effect on the 1965, Flat and Linea Q collections.