About the Agate

White agate is pale all through, banded in chalk, cream and translucent gray. On a white cabinet door it almost disappears, leaving the metal edge to draw the shape of the knob.

Up close the bands are still there, fine and close together, and the polished face carries a low sheen rather than a hard glare. Some pieces hold a small crystal pocket near the center.

How It’s Made

Cut square at 1.5" x 1.5" with a flat pale face and four straight sides, each knob is finished by hand before the edge is electroformed in thick metallic gold. Electroforming grows real metal onto the stone and bonds it permanently, so the band wears like metal and not like a coating. A single bolt runs through brass fittings at the back.

Details

Material: natural white agate with brass fittings
Dimensions: 1.5" x 1.5"
Projection: 1"
Bolt: 2", can be trimmed to size
Edges can be done in gold, silver or rose gold.

Hand finished, so no two are exactly alike: the banding, the warmth of the white and the edge all shift from piece to piece.

Fit and Installation

Suits a run of kitchen cabinet doors where a round knob would read too soft, and the square back sits flush without spinning. No additional hardware is required. Trim the 2" bolt to size, tighten by hand and stop as soon as the knob holds.