Beveled Starfire Crystal Plaque That Hangs Either Orientation

A beveled Starfire Crystal plaque is an award panel cut from low-iron glass, polished along its edges, and mounted on a finished wood board. Starfire is an ultra-clear glass formula, so the bevel reads near-colorless instead of showing the green edge tint that standard glass carries. Recognition programs choose this style when they want a printed logo to sit on a clear panel rather than on wood alone.

A crystal plaque uses a glass panel that bends light along its polished bevel, while acrylic stays optically flat and picks up surface scratches more easily during handling. Solid wood plaques carry the artwork on the wood face itself, so the buyer sees one flat layer instead of two separate ones. Glass also weighs more than acrylic at the same size, which recipients read as a more formal award.

The beveled Starfire Crystal plaque comes in five sizes: 7" x 9", 8" x 10", 9" x 12", 10.5" x 13", and 12" x 15". All five sizes come in seven backing and hardware pairings, and Carbon Fibre is offered with silver hardware only. Most buyers use 7" x 9" or 8" x 10" for individual desk awards and 10.5" x 13" or larger for wall-mounted service awards.

Starfire Crystal is a low-iron glass, and removing the iron takes out the green cast that ordinary glass shows at a cut edge. The backing carries a high-gloss lacquer finish, the same treatment used on piano cabinets, over Rosewood, Walnut, Black or Carbon Fibre board. Keep the finished board out of direct sun and away from heat vents, because sustained heat dulls a gloss lacquer.

Yes. VividPrint decoration lays full-color artwork directly on the crystal, so gradients, photographs and multi-color logos reproduce without a color count limit. Send vector art or a high-resolution raster file and we return a proof for your approval. Tell us at the art stage whether the layout should read portrait or landscape, since the piece mounts either way.

Production runs 5 working days from artwork approval, and transit time is on top of that. The clock starts at approval, not at the day you place the order, so proofing sits in front of those 5 days. Approving the proof the day it arrives is the single biggest thing that protects a ceremony date.

Buyers order crystal plaques most often for retirement ceremonies, years-of-service milestones, sales and president's club awards, board and donor recognition, conference honors, and dealer or franchise of the year programs. Law firms, banks, hospitals and manufacturers use them for wall displays because one size range covers both individual and top-tier awards. Nonprofits typically pick the 12" x 15" size for named donor walls.

Wipe the crystal with a soft microfiber cloth dampened with water or a mild dish soap solution, then dry it right away so water spots do not form. Skip ammonia-based glass cleaners and abrasive pads, because both haze printed graphics over time. Dust the lacquered backing dry and avoid furniture polish, which leaves a film on a gloss finish.

Per-unit cost on the beveled Starfire Crystal plaque tracks four things: the size, the backing and hardware combination, the amount of printed artwork, and the quantity ordered. A 7" x 9" piece sits at the low end of the range and a 12" x 15" at the high end, and the per-plaque price falls as the order quantity rises. Send your size, finish and quantity and we return a firm per-unit price.