Kay Bojesen’s silverware was a lifelong project of vast dimensions. From lobster fork to oyster scraper, marrow spoon and asparagus set, the affinity with the Grand Prix flatware is obvious.

Those alert to the poetry of shape will feel fresh air in Kay Bojesen’s proportions. In their austere form, they reflect imagination and sensibility alike. The expression is sober but never undernourished.

Naturally, children dine with silverware at Kay Bojesen’s table. From the first intuitive grasp to the more advanced, Bojesen’s child-mindedness shines through long before good parenting became dinner talk..

Victorian Copenhagen saw little Kay be hanging out of the window with every change of the Royal Guard. The guardsman with the moveable arms is from around 1950. After Bojesen’s death, a small box was found with surplus heads, shoes and limbs.

Kay Bojesen’s sense of form is tested in his jewellery. Unlike the cutlery, things don’t have to be useful, just look good. The recipe is understated and the line almost courteous. We’re here but we’re well behaved.