Personalised Victorian Name Plate – Brass House Number Sign

The Plate

A rectangular plate framed in Victorian scrollwork: a beaded inner border, scrolled corners, and a raised cartouche across the centre where the number sits. The ground behind the lettering is left dark and smooth, so the numerals and the street name carry all the light.

The kind of plate that looks like it came with the house rather than after it.

Craftsmanship

Real metal, formed over the sculpted shape rather than cast, so the beaded border stays crisp and the scrollwork keeps its undercuts instead of filling in. 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 lines are yours: the house or flat number across the cartouche, and the street or building name beneath it. 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 cartouche and no fixing ever shows.

Where it works

A front door, a gate pillar, a boundary wall, the lobby wall of a society. It sits particularly well on lime plaster, painted brick and stone, where the ornament has something to answer to.

Gifting

The griha pravesh gift that outlasts the sweets. Right for a first flat, for parents moving into a home they waited years for, and for the first Diwali in a new house.

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.