Emtek Providence Glass Cabinet Knob, Schaub Collection

Two diameters: 1-3/8 inch and 1-3/4 inch. Both sizes are offered across the same ten finishes, so you can run the smaller knob on drawer banks and the larger one on full-height doors and still keep the finish consistent through the kitchen.

Emtek classes the Providence as residential hardware. For apartment turnovers, hotel casework, or anywhere the cabinet doors take hard daily traffic, a solid metal knob is the safer specification, for instance the Deltana KRB175 round knob with groove, a heavy-duty solid brass knob at 1-3/4 inch diameter that matches the larger Providence size.

The Providence glass knob ships with a single mounting screw. If your cabinet fronts are drilled for two holes, the Schaub 10030 Cafe modern oval slot knob and the Schaub 10040 Cafe modern oval knob are both 1 inch diameter solid brass knobs with 7/8 inch center to center spacing, so they land on a two-hole drilling.

The Deltana KRB175 is a round knob with a groove in solid brass at 1-3/4 inch diameter, matching the larger of the two Providence sizes. The Providence knob pairs a glass body with brass construction, so the KRB175 gives you the same nominal diameter in an all-metal round profile without the glass element.

The Providence glass knob starts at 1-3/8 inch. For a smaller footprint, the Schaub 1200 Modo is a 16 mm cabinet knob, and the Schaub 10040 Cafe Collection modern oval knob is 1 inch in diameter in solid brass. Both give you a more compact face on narrow drawer rails.

Ten: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4), and French Antique (US7). Unlacquered brass is the one to think twice about on a rental or a high-touch kitchen, since it will patina with handling rather than hold its original tone.

The knob's base material is brass, with the Providence styled as a glass knob in Emtek's Glass and Porcelain collection. So you get a brass body and threaded post carrying the glass, not an all-glass part with a plastic insert.

A few directions within the same round-knob format: the Schaub 131 Artifex is a 1-1/2 inch round knob in Britannium, sitting between the two Providence sizes; the Orca CK-18032 Mission and CK-19032 Whistler are round cabinet knobs from their respective collections; and Delaney offers a solid brass cabinet knob if you want to stay in brass without the glass top.

For a plain round knob in the same duty, the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission round cabinet knob and the Delaney solid brass cabinet knob both cover the round cabinet knob slot. The Providence differs in that its style is glass over a brass body, while those two are metal throughout.

The Emtek Providence glass knob is designated for residential use. The Deltana KRB175 is described as a heavy-duty round knob in solid brass at 1-3/4 inch diameter, which is the heaviest-built option among the round knobs in the same size class.

The Schaub 131 Artifex round knob is 1-1/2 inch diameter in Britannium, and the Schaub 1200 Modo is built of zinc and aluminum - both are round knobs but neither carries the glass face or the brass substrate of the Emtek Providence. If the design intent is a glass knob on a brass base, those two will read differently on the door even at similar diameter.

Emtek part numbers follow the pattern SPC86567 plus the finish code, for example SPC86567US14 in Polished Nickel, SPC86567US15 in Satin Nickel, SPC86567US26 in Polished Chrome, and SPC86567US4 in Satin Brass.

The Emtek Providence glass knob comes in ten finishes including Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Polished Nickel US14, Satin Nickel US15, Flat Black US19 and Unlacquered Brass US3NL, in 1-3/8 inch and 1-3/4 inch. For a companion metal knob in the same rooms, the Orca CK-19032 Whistler and Orca CK-18032 Mission cabinet knobs cover transitional and mission-style fronts respectively.