Armac Martin Cotswold Cup Pull

What it is

The Cotswold Cup Pull (product code COT/PULL/92/RF, plus a finish suffix) is a traditional cup, or bin, pull from Armac Martin, the Birmingham, England brass hardware maker. Armac Martin describes it as “manufactured as a solid brass forging” that “effortlessly complements Shaker-style cabinetry.” A US dealer describes the Cotswold collection as “a range of more traditional items that are ideally suited to shaker style kitchens.”

From Armac Martin’s product page:

• One size: 40 mm H × 92 mm W × 21 mm projection (the spec table lists 41 mm and 20 mm), on 76 mm centres (about 3 in)
• Rear fixing (“RF” in the code), supplied with screws
• Shown in Aged Brass (BEL), the finish Armac Martin says it’s favoured in
• Made to order and shipped in 2–4 weeks, apart from a small Quick Ship range held in stock; made-to-order pieces are non-returnable unless faulty

The company. Armac Martin says it was started in 1929 by local brass founder Harold McGrail, who made reproduction furniture fittings, and that it is now a fourth-generation family business that designs in-house and makes from solid brass at its Birmingham factory, with every product finished by hand. In a 2024 kbbreview interview, joint CEO Richard McGrail said the company was a traditional foundry working mainly for the antique restoration trade until it relaunched as Armac Martin in 2012 to target the high-end kitchen market, that more than half its sales are export, and that North America is its biggest export market. The company says it won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade in spring 2022.

Price band (observed 2026-10-08, armacmartin.com US store, per pull, prices stated to include shipping, import duty and taxes):

• $86.10 in the Signature finishes: Aged Brass (BEL), Dark Aged Brass (DAB), Polished Brass Unlacquered (PBUL), Satin Brass Unlacquered (SBUL), Aged Copper (AGC), Aged Nickel (NBP)
• $94.80 in the Speciality finishes: Polished Nickel Plate (PNP), Polished Brass Lacquered (PBL), Satin Brass Lacquered (SBL), Satin Brass Satin Lacquered (SBSL), Satin Nickel Plate (SNP), Polished Chrome Plate (PCP), Satin Chrome Plate (SCP)
• $107.70 in the Luxe finishes: SAS, DBZ, FEA, HBN, MBL, HBB, SAUL (Armac Martin’s finish guide names these Satin Antique Satin Lacquered, Dark Bronze, Fine English Antique, Hand Burnished Nickel, Matt Black Lacquered, and Hand Burnished Brass; SAUL’s full name wasn’t confirmed)

For a kitchen with 30 drawers, that’s roughly $2,580 in a Signature finish and $3,230 in a Luxe finish, before knobs and appliance pulls. Dealer pricing may differ.

This opens the cabinetry hardware lane on Luxury House List. Hardware coverage so far is entry sets (baldwin-estate-gramercy-knurled-handleset, rocky-mountain-hardware-element-entry-set-lever).

Who it’s for

Owners and kitchen designers doing a painted Shaker, English country, or otherwise traditional kitchen who want the drawer hardware to be real solid brass with a finish that matches across the whole room. Armac Martin’s range of about twenty finishes is the practical reason to standardize on it: the same cup pull comes in a living unlacquered brass that will darken with use, a lacquered brass that won’t, aged and plated nickels, copper, chrome, and matte black, and the brand makes matching knobs, cabinet handles, appliance pulls, and accessories across more than 40 collections, per kbbreview.

Skip it if your kitchen is flat-panel modern (a cup pull will look nostalgic there), if you need a pull you can grip from above or with a full hand (a cup pull is a fingers-underneath grip), or if your drawers are very heavy, like deep pan drawers, where a longer bar or appliance-style pull is easier. Also skip it for doors if you want a vertical grip; cup pulls are really a drawer typology. Look at the sibling Cotswold Drawer Cup Pull (98 mm wide, from $80.80) if you want visible front screws for a more antique look.

Standout details

• Specs that matter (Armac Martin): solid brass forging · 92 mm wide · 76 mm centres · about 20 mm projection · rear fix, screws supplied · made to order, 2–4 week dispatch · $86.10–$107.70 landed in the US
• Finish program: Signature, Speciality, and Luxe tiers, which the joint CEO described to kbbreview as “good, better, best” options
• Living finishes, explained honestly: Armac Martin’s care guide says unlacquered finishes “will naturally oxidise over time,” faster in high-use areas, and that lacquered finishes suit high-use areas if you don’t want the look to change; it also warns that abrasive cleaners speed up how fast lacquer breaks down
• Craft signal: designed in-house, forged in solid brass, and hand-finished in Birmingham; finishes like Aged Brass are hand-sateened, patinated, and then barrelled to age them
• Tradeoffs: made-to-order pieces are non-returnable unless faulty, so order a sample in your finish first; no stated warranty period in years (the terms cover defects in design, material and workmanship, to be reported in writing within two days of discovery); living finishes will look different in a year than on delivery, which is the point but surprises some owners

Who’s specifying

Armac Martin says its hardware is “favoured by architects, designers, property developers and customers the world over,” and its 2024 kbbreview interview says independent high-end kitchen showrooms are the core of the business, with North America its biggest export market. In the US it’s sold through dealers as well as its own store. No specific celebrity home or named project using this exact pull turned up in research, so none is claimed here.

Honest verdict

The Cotswold Cup Pull isn’t trying to be a design object, and that’s why it works. It’s a correctly proportioned cup pull, forged in solid brass and hand-finished in England, offered in nearly every finish a traditional kitchen might call for, at a landed price that makes kitting out a whole kitchen reasonable for this tier. House Score 4: a strong yes when the brief is a Shaker or traditional kitchen and the drawers are a normal weight. It loses a point on usability because a cup pull is a fingers-only grip, and it’s the wrong shape for a modern kitchen. Draft until greenlit. Before ordering 30 of them, get one in your chosen finish, decide whether you actually want a living finish that changes, and pair it with a longer Armac Martin handle for the heavy pan drawers.