Design Your Own House Number Plaque, Heron and Water Lilies

The Sign

A heron stands at one side with its neck curved and its beak down, bulrushes rising behind it, and water lilies and pads laid across the base. Two lines set into the open water: the number large, the street beneath it.

The bird is looking into the water rather than out at you. It gives the plate somewhere to be other than the wall.

Craftsmanship

Electroformed metal over a sculpted form, finished in antique brass. The detail sits at more than one height, 2 to 5 mm off the ground, so the face is modeled rather than flat, and the plate is 8 to 10 mm thick and solid through.

Readable from the road

The number carries the plate from the street and the name reads once you are closer. Raised brass over a ground left dark reads as contrast rather than as shape, and contrast is what carries in flat light.

Built for outside

Sealed under a UV-protective finish once the patina is on. Sun, rain and frost leave the color where it is, and there is no steel in the body to rust and streak the wall.

Personalization

Two lines are yours: the number and the street or house name beneath it. Send them exactly as you want them set, suffixes included. A design preview comes back by email before anything is made.

Specifications

• Material: electroformed metal over a solid sculpted core
• Finish: raised antique brass on a blackened ground
• Thickness: 0.3 to 0.4 in (8 to 10 mm), solid through
• Relief: raised detail stands 0.1 to 0.2 in (2 to 5 mm) proud of the ground, at more than one height across the design
• Shape: shaped plate with a heron, bulrushes and a water lily base
• Sizes: eleven, from 6 x 4 to 10 x 10 inches, height x width
• UV-protected and weather-treated for outdoor use
• Made to order in our own workshop

A number and a short street sit at 7 x 5. The bird has more presence at 8 x 6 and above.

Mounting

Three ways, chosen at checkout.

• Keyhole slots: two screws into the wall, and it lifts off if you ever repaint behind it.
• Peel-and-stick tape: sealed strips already applied to the back. No drilling, which suits render, tile or a rented house. Needs a smooth, clean, dry surface.
• Floating stud mount: threaded studs on reinforced bosses that hold the plate clear of the wall. Best on brick, stone and shingle, where a flush fixing never sits true.

Hardware and instructions are included with all three.

Where it works

A lakeside or riverside house, a shaded porch, a wall with water in view. It is a specific bird for a specific place.

Care

Wipe clean. Avoid harsh cleaners.