Emtek Porcelain Knobsets with Classic Brass Rosettes, Ice White Knob, Dummy (Pair)

No door prep at all. The Emtek porcelain dummy knob pair is surface mount, so the rosettes screw to the face of the door with no cross bore and no latch bore. That makes it the usual choice for closet doors, pantry doors, and the inactive leaf of a French pair where you only need something to pull on. If the door already has a 2-1/8 inch bore from an old lockset, a dummy will not cover it, you'd want a functioning passage set instead.

Neither. A dummy is a fixed pull, it does not rotate and there is no latch behind it, no keyway and no privacy button. The Emtek porcelain set is non-keyed, so if you need the door to latch shut use a passage set, and if it's a bath or bedroom you need a privacy function instead.

A dummy pair won't latch, it's non-keyed with no mechanism. Emtek builds the same porcelain knob in passage and privacy functions on the same brass rosettes, so order those for a hall or closet door that needs to stay shut and for a bath or bedroom respectively. For an entry door you need a keyed function, which the porcelain dummy set is not.

The Emtek Porcelain knobset in the dummy function is a residential set with a brass substrate and a surface mount that needs no door prep. Where a cylindrical dummy trim is wanted instead, the Schlage A170 is a Grade 2 heavy duty single dummy trim in the A Series, and the BEST 6K Series 6K-1DT is a Grade 2 medium duty single dummy trim. Both are single dummy trims, while the Emtek porcelain dummy is supplied as a pair for a set of double doors or a closet pair.

A dummy knob is fixed trim with no latch, so a door that has to latch closed needs a passage set. The Omnia 434/PA is a traditional egg-shaped knob latchset in solid brass with a 3 inch projection, and the Baldwin Estate 5011 Colonial passage knob with 5058 rose is a passage/hall/closet function. On the commercial side, the Corbin Russwin CK4410 is a Grade 2 passage/closet cylindrical lock with a global knob for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick.

The Emtek Porcelain knobset in dummy function has no locking mechanism and is non-keyed. A bath or bedroom door needs a privacy function: the Baldwin Estate 5077 Bethpage privacy knob with R027 rose and the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas knob privacy set for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick are both privacy/bed/bath function, and the Pamex FTF privacy knob lockset is Grade 3 for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch.

The Emtek Porcelain knobset is designated residential. Openings written to an ANSI/BHMA grade need a graded cylindrical lock: the Schlage D10S is Grade 1 heavy duty passage with an orbit knob, the Falcon X101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage knobset with an interchangeable core and a fire rating for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch thick, and the Sargent 8XG04 is a Grade 1 heavy duty storeroom/closet knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset.

The Emtek Porcelain knobset covers doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick. Thicker doors are served by the Deltana 3381 Egg knob entry, 6112 St. Thomas privacy and 6171 Round knob entry, all rated 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, by the Corbin Russwin CK4310 Grade 1 passage/closet at 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and by the Falcon X101, which reaches 2-1/4 inch.

Two. It ships as a pair, one knob and rosette for each face of the door, as a complete set. If you only need a single knob on one side, a pair is more than the opening calls for.

Seven rosette styles pair with the Ice White porcelain knob: #8, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Watford, and Wilshire. That matters when you're matching existing Emtek trim elsewhere in the house, the rectangular and Wilshire read modern, the Quincy and Watford traditional. The rosettes are brass, so pick the shape to match the neighbouring doors and the finish to match your other hardware.

Ten: Flat Black (US19), French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Pewter (US15A), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). The knob itself is Ice White porcelain in every case, only the rosette finish changes. Unlacquered brass will patina with handling, the Lifetime finishes will not.

It's specified as residential. There's no ANSI grade behind it and it's a decorative porcelain and brass set, so for a leased commercial opening or a high traffic apartment corridor you want a graded cylindrical lock. For a dummy application specifically, the Schlage A170 single dummy trim is Grade 2 and the BEST 6K Series single dummy trim is Grade 2 medium duty.

The Emtek Porcelain knobset is non-keyed. For the keyed opening in the same run of work, the Kwikset 400P-CP Polo keyed entry knob is Grade 3 for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch with a round corner adjustable latch and round corner strike, the Deltana 6901 Portland knob entry covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, and the Corbin Russwin CK4851 is a Grade 1 entrance/office cylindrical lock with a conventional cylinder for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch.

They are not. The Emtek Porcelain dummy knob is surface mounted fixed trim with no door prep required and no latching mechanism behind it. The Sargent 28C-KNOB is exit device trim with knob and rose in entrance function for 1-3/4 inch doors, the Sargent 78-2875 is an outside knob only with B design in the 7800 Series, and the Imperial USA ED-BKL580 is knob trim in storeroom function from the ED-500 Series. Each of those mounts to an exit device chassis rather than to a bare door face.

The Emtek Porcelain knobset is a non-keyed dummy in tubular lock type. Keyed institutional functions come from different sets: the Dexter C2000 Series Grade 2 classroom cylindrical ball knob lock for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, the Sargent 6G04 Grade 2 standard duty storeroom/closet knob lock with single cylinder, and the BEST 8K Series entrance function single cylinder Grade 1 heavy duty knob lock.

Function matches but form does not. The Cal-Royal BA40 is a dummy knob cylindrical lock in the Barrington BA Series for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, the same thickness range the Emtek Porcelain knobset covers, and the Bravura Biloxi with round trim is a Grade 2 dummy knobset. The Emtek set uses a porcelain knob on a brass rosette, is supplied as a pair, and mounts to the door surface without door prep, so a swap changes the appearance and the rose footprint on the door face.

The Ice White porcelain knob sits in Emtek's Glass and Porcelain collection, and the rosettes come in the standard Emtek brass finishes, so it lines up with the same US number finishes you'd have on Emtek levers, deadbolts, and cabinet hardware elsewhere in the house. Matching across a whole floor is a matter of picking one finish (say US15 Satin Nickel) and one rosette shape and holding both across every opening.

The Emtek Porcelain knobset is a decorative set with a choice of seven rosette styles including the Quincy, Watford and Wilshire. For a plainer closet or hall door, the Arrow MK01 and RK01 are Grade 2 passage cylindrical knob locks for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, the RK01 with a ball knob, and the Kwikset 200P Polo passage knob comes with a 6AL latch and RCS round corner strike.

The Emtek Porcelain knobsets carry brass rosettes in finishes including Satin Nickel (US15), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Chrome (US26), Flat Black (US19) and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). Peers cataloged to the same finish codes include the Bravura Dallas with rectangle trim passage knobset in US4 Satin Brass and the Callan Roland Grade 2 entrance knobset in US15 Satin Nickel, which matches the Emtek Satin Nickel (US15) code.