Personalised Coordinates Plate – Brass Location Sign

The Plate

A plain rectangle with a raised border and a location pin standing above the lettering. The place name runs across the top and the latitude and longitude beneath it, set out properly with degrees, minutes and the compass letter. The ground is blackened so the gold figures read cleanly at arm's length.

Anywhere on earth reduces to two numbers. These are yours.

Craftsmanship

Real metal, formed over the sculpted shape rather than cast, so the pin keeps its shape and the small figures stay separate instead of running together. The metal is bonded to the surface, not painted or plated, so it will not chip, flake or peel. Raised gold, buffed back by hand, against a blackened ground. That contrast is what lets it read from a distance.

Built for outdoors

UV-protected and weather-treated after finishing, so it holds its colour in direct sun and through the monsoon. No fading, no rust bleed, no repainting every year. Fix it up and forget about it.

Personalisation

Two things are yours: the place name and the coordinates themselves. Send the location and we will look the figures up, or send the numbers if you already have them. Written in any language: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali. Long names are welcome; the lettering is set to fit your name rather than your name cut to fit the plate. Send the spelling exactly as you want it and a design preview comes back by email before anything is made.

Specifications

• Material: Electroformed metal over a solid core
• Finish: Antique gold, raised and hand-buffed, on a blackened ground
• UV-protected and weather-treated, safe for outdoor use
• Sizes: 6x4 to 10x10 inches
• Depth: 0.5 in, with a 3 mm solid back
• Any language, any script
• Made to order in our own workshop

Mounting

Three ways, chosen at checkout.

• Peel-off tape: three sealed strips across the back, no drilling at all. Best on a tiled or granite surface, or anywhere you would rather not make holes.
• Keyhole slots: two screws in the wall and the plate lifts on and off. Simplest permanent fix, easiest to level.
• Floating stud mount: four threaded studs on reinforced bosses, set into the wall so the plate stands a few millimetres clear. Throws a shadow line under the pin and no fixing ever shows.

Where it works

An entrance hall, a study wall, a desk, a gate pillar. It works hardest where the place it names is somewhere else: the city you grew up in, the house you left, the spot where something happened.

Gifting

For someone who moved away, or who is about to. Right for a griha pravesh, a wedding where two places became one, and for parents whose children have scattered.

Care

Wipe with a soft dry cloth. No metal polish or scouring, the dark ground is meant to stay dark. Outdoors, an occasional wipe is all it needs.