Screenprinted Brass Plaque on Cove-Edge Walnut

A screenprinted brass plaque on cove-edge walnut is a wall-mounted recognition award built from a printed brass plate fixed to a solid walnut board. Organizations order it for years-of-service awards, donor recognition, retirement gifts and building dedications that stay on display permanently. The cove edge is a concave profile cut around the wood border, which frames the brass plate rather than leaving a flat square edge.

Screen printing lays ink on top of the brass plate, while engraving cuts the artwork down into the metal. Printing reproduces solid logo shapes and fine line work in your ink color, so a mark that depends on its color still reads as your brand. Engraved copy sits below the surface and shows in the metal's own tone, which suits text-heavy citations more than logos.

Four sizes are made: 7 by 9 inches, 8 by 10 inches, 9 by 12 inches and 10.5 by 13 inches. Pick by how much copy the award carries, since a name, title and date fits the 7 by 9, while a donor list or a long citation needs the 9 by 12 or the 10.5 by 13. The brass plate mounts inside the wood border on all four sides, so the printed area is always smaller than the plaque itself.

The board is solid walnut in a natural walnut finish, with a brass plate mounted to the face. Walnut is a closed-grain hardwood that holds a routed cove edge cleanly and stays dimensionally stable in a normal office or lobby. Hang it away from direct sunlight and heating vents, because prolonged sun lightens any wood finish over time.

Yes, the brass plate takes one ink color in one imprint location. Supply vector artwork as .ai, .eps or .pdf with fonts converted to outlines so the screen holds fine detail, and give a PMS number if your brand color has to match exactly. Multi-color printing and a second imprint location are not offered on this piece, so a multi-color logo is converted to a single-color version before printing.

Production runs 5 working days from artwork approval. The clock starts when you approve the proof, not when the order is placed, so send print-ready art early if a ceremony date is fixed. Transit time is added on top of the 5 working days and depends on the shipping method you choose.

Walnut plaques with brass plates are ordered most often for employee service anniversaries, retirement presentations, sales and safety awards, board member recognition, capital campaign donor walls and building or room dedications. Schools and nonprofits use them for named scholarships and volunteer honors. The format suits any award meant to hang permanently rather than sit on a desk.

Wipe the plaque with a dry or barely damp soft cloth and nothing else. Skip brass polish, ammonia glass cleaner and solvents, because those are abrasives or strippers that dull screen-printed ink and can mark the wood finish. Never soak the board, since standing water raises the grain and can loosen the plate mounting.

Per-unit pricing depends on the plaque size, the order quantity and where that quantity falls against the 12-piece minimum. The four sizes are priced separately, so the 10.5 by 13 costs more per piece than the 7 by 9 at the same count, and the per-unit price drops as quantity rises. A one-time screen setup charge applies to the imprint, and reorders of the same artwork usually avoid repeating it.