and a removable thimble covers the open end the handle passing through openings in the thimble to hold the thimble in place in the preferred embodiment the handle and sleeve openings are non circular and there are spacers and decorative end nuts to hold the handle axially the invention is also useful for other items such as towel racks and robe hooks application_number US 22845881 A description referring now to fig1 there is shown the upper threaded portion 1 of a conventional faucet valve housing the portion 1 projects upwardly through a lavatory top 2 and a threaded attachment nut 3 washer 4 and a threaded decorative escutcheon nut 5 together hold the valve in place relative to the lavatory top 2 a sealing washer 9 can be inserted between the escutcheon nut 5 and lavatory top 2 for sealing the assembly a conventional valve control stem 6 protrudes upwardly from the valve housing and is provided with a fluted attachment head 7 and a threaded attachment screw hole 8 see fig2 is provided in the top or outer end of the heand 7 the general arrangement of these parts is a common form of construction in the art a decorative cylindrical collar 10 is wedged or cemented over the escutcheon nut 5 although the decorative collar 10 can be eliminated entirely it has been provided to add an additional accenting feature in the preferred embodiment an open ended decorative sleeve 11 is placed down over the stem 6 as can be seen from fig1 the sleeve has an enlarged.