Bravura Charlotte with Arched Trim Dummy Leverset, Grade 2

The Charlotte dummy leverset has no latch and no working mechanism. The lever is fixed trim, mounted to the door face as a pull or as the matching counterpart on the inactive leaf of a pair, or on a closet or pantry door held shut by a ball catch or magnetic catch. If you need the door to stay closed on its own, you need a passage or privacy function instead.

It's reversible, so the same unit works on a left or right hand door without ordering a hand. That matters when you're buying several for closet and pantry doors in a unit turnover and don't want to track handing per opening. By contrast, Baldwin's Estate 5103 half dummy is sold as a specific hand, left (5103 LDM) or right (5103 RDM).

No. The Charlotte is specified as residential, and a dummy has no latching or locking function at all, so it has no place on an entry or a corridor door. For commercial dummy trim, look at the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy (Grade 1, heavy duty), the BEST 7KC Series single dummy (Grade 2, medium duty), or the Accentra 455LN Augusta Grade 1 single dummy.

Yes, that's the point of it. The Charlotte dummy is built as a counterpart to functioning Charlotte hardware, so a closet or inactive leaf next to a passage or privacy lever reads as the same set. Keep the finish code consistent across the openings, choosing from Satin Nickel, Polished Chrome, Oil Rubbed Bronze, or Black.

The BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim cylindrical lever lock is the nearest match on function and grade - it is a Grade 2, non-keyed, medium duty single dummy lever trim. The Bravura Charlotte with Arched Trim is also a Grade 2 dummy leverset, but it is a residential solid brass design. Both are pull-only trim with no latch.

A dummy has no latch at all, so you need a passage function lever for a door that must latch without locking. Comparable Grade 2 passage leversets include the Accentra 5301LN Augusta, the Accentra 4601LN with Augusta trim, the Arrow GL01 with Sierra lever, the Falcon B101 non-handed passage lever, and the Hager 2510 with Withnell lever. Baldwin also lists the Estate 5103 in a passage version if you want to match the 5103 dummy trim.

Four finishes: US15 Satin Nickel, US26 Polished Chrome, US10B Oil Rubbed Bronze, and US19 Black. Those are standard finish codes, so matching the rest of the door hardware on the opening (hinges, deadbolt, stops) is a matter of specifying the same code across the set.

Solid brass construction. For a landlord or PM specifying a whole unit, that matters most on the finish: a brass substrate holds up better under a plated or oil rubbed finish than a die cast lever does when it gets knocked.

The Charlotte dummy is a single piece of fixed trim, so a pair of French doors where both leaves get a lever needs two. Some brands sell dummies as a pair out of the box, such as Emtek's Arts and Crafts and Cortina dummy leversets, which are catalogued as pairs. Count the leaves, not the openings.

The closest like for like is the Callan Bentley Grade 2 dummy lever. If the look matters more than the grade, Baldwin's Estate 5103 half dummy with the 5048 rose is a hand-specific option, and Emtek's Cortina and Arts and Crafts dummies ship as pairs for French doors. Stepping up to commercial trim, BEST's 7KC Series single dummy is the Grade 2 equivalent.

Not for the same purpose. The Charlotte dummy is a counterpart trim used where a latch is not needed, so it mounts to the door face with no bore-through mechanism. A passage lever such as the Falcon B101 or the Design Hardware J75 operates a latchbolt and requires a full bore and strike prep. If the opening has no latch prep, the dummy is the correct part.

A dummy cannot lock, so a privacy function set is the correct choice there. Options include the Hager 2540 Grade 2 with Withnell lever, the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with the 5048 rose, and the Kwikset 300BRNL RDT Breton privacy lever set, which is Grade 3 and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch.

They serve the same pull-only role but differ in handing and coverage. The Baldwin Estate 5103 is sold as separate left hand and right hand half dummy levers, and Emtek lists its Arts and Crafts, Hammered, and Cortina dummies as pairs. The Bravura Charlotte with Arched Trim is described as reversible, so handing is not a separate ordering decision.