Beginning as a quest for a lever handle that can be comfortably approached from the end (consider when you're approaching a door from the side rather than front on), a visit to the Victoria & Albert Museum in Kensington found us drawn to the ancient pestle and mortar - ergonomic in its very purpose - forming a shorter lever with a comfortably bulbous end.
In use for over thousands of years, first by the Kebaran culture in the Levant, the minimal change to the form of a pestle and mortar over time is a testament to its truly functional design.
These features have been translated into the gentle scoop of the rose, caving to the stem of the lever handle, which grows from there into a soft, rounded lever. Expressed in the chunkier proportions of the rose and the grip is the heavy, sturdy nature of a traditional pestle and mortar.
If you're wondering which finish type to select, here's the key difference: living finishes gently patinate and change over time, ageing gracefully, whilst ageless finishes are either naturally unchanging, or boast a protective ceramic coating which mean the finish stays consistent.
Details
The Levant lever handles are made from the finest grade solid brass and are carefully hand-finished in all the standard Joseph Giles finishes.
All our lever handles are supplied with the unique JG sprung bearing grip tight inner roses.
*Pair of lever handles includes:
One pair of lever handles (two pieces, 1 left-handed and 1 right-handed).
One pair of decorative cover roses (four pieces, two plates which fix to the door, and two covers).
One pair of unique JG sprung bearing grip tight inner roses** (two pieces, 1 left-handed and 1 right-handed).
One set of fixings for lever handles which include screws, bolt through fixings, washers, grub screws, allen key, and an 8mm (5/16) spindle to suit doors up to 54mm (2.12") thick.
*Levers are also available as sinlge handles (left-handed or right-handed).
**View our Rose Mechanism Options booklet in the downloads section below for other types of inner roses available for specialist applications. Note that we strongly recommend the sprung bearing grip tight rose because of its incredible performance.
For technical help regarding lever handles, please refer to our technical help sheet below.