Antique Eagle Plaque On Rosewood Piano Finish, Eagle Above Plates

A perpetual plaque is an award board that carries one decorated header plate at the top and additional plates below it, so a new honoree gets added each year instead of a new award being bought. The antique eagle plaque ships with its perpetual plates blank and already attached to the board, so you engrave them as names are announced. Personalized perpetual plates carry their own setup and run charges, quoted separately from the plaque itself.

A wood eagle plaque reads as a traditional service award while a crystal award reads as a modern one, and the difference shows most in how each one carries text. Engraved brass gives dark, high contrast letters that stay readable across a room under normal office lighting. Crystal etches frosted white and shows best with light behind it. The wood plaque also hangs on a wall, which suits a lobby or a station house, while crystal usually sits on a desk.

Laser engraving handles a logo, the honoree's name, dates, and a short message on the same brass plate, because the plate is engraved as one layout. Send line art or a vector logo, since gradients and photographs do not translate into engraved metal. A long citation shrinks the letter height available on the plate, so keep the text to a few lines if it needs to be read from a distance.

Antique eagle plaques go most often to retirement ceremonies, years of service milestones, police and fire department commendations, veterans and military recognition, Eagle Scout courts of honor, and chamber of commerce or civic awards. The eagle motif signals authority and public service, so it fits uniformed and municipal programs better than sales incentive programs. Companies also use it for board member send offs and founder recognition.

One plaque is a complete order, and every plaque is engraved with its own text, so a batch for a ceremony can carry a different honoree on each board. Order the plaque and any personalized perpetual plates as separate lines, because those plates add setup and run charges. Send the full engraving text for every plaque at once so the whole group proofs in a single round.

Order two to three weeks ahead of the ceremony, because the five working day production window starts at artwork approval rather than at the moment you place the order. Proofing the engraving text adds a round of email before that clock starts, and shipping adds transit days after the plaque is finished. Approve the proof the day it reaches you when the date is tight.

Per unit pricing is quoted per order rather than published as a fixed figure, because cost moves with quantity and with how much engraving the order carries. The factors that change the number are the plaque count, the finish you pick, how many brass plates each board gets engraved, and whether you add personalized perpetual plates with their setup and run charges. Send us your quantity and engraving text and we will price the full order, header plate included.

Wipe the piano finish with a dry, soft cloth and skip ammonia based glass cleaner and abrasive polish, both of which dull lacquer. Keep brass polish off the engraved plate, because it strips the dark fill out of the letters and kills the contrast that makes the text readable. Handle the plaque by its edges, since a high gloss surface shows fingerprints. Display it away from direct sunlight to slow color change in the wood finish.

No safety certification applies to this eagle plaque, because a wall mounted display award is not a food contact or child use item and falls outside FDA, BPA, and Proposition 65 requirements. The materials are wood under a lacquer piano finish, solid brass plates, and a cast eagle with an antique finish. We can request material documentation from the factory if your purchasing department needs it on file.