Handwritten Recipe Plaque – Antique Brass, Wide

The Plaque

Landscape format with a shaped bracket top, and along the lower edge a rolling pin sculpted in relief with two lemons beside it. The recipe runs across the wider field in the original handwriting, title at the head, signature wherever it fell on the card.

The wide shape suits a recipe written the way most people write them, in short lines across the page rather than down it.

The handwriting is the point

What is on the card is what goes into the metal. Shorthand, half-words, the ingredient added later in different ink, the line that runs uphill. We do not retype it and we do not correct it. The value is in the hand, not in the instructions.

Craftsmanship

Electroformed metal over a sculpted form, finished in antique brass, which is what lets lettering this fine hold its edge. The rolling pin, the lemons and the writing are each cut at their own height, between 2 and 5 mm off the ground, which is what gives the motif its roundness instead of leaving it flat. The plaque is 8 to 10 mm thick and solid through. Every line of text sits in its own shadow, which is what lets you read a whole recipe off a piece of brass from three feet away.

Personalization

The recipe in the original hand, plus a title line at the head. Photograph the card flat in daylight with all four edges visible. Stains and creases are welcome; they are part of what makes it that card and not a printout. You approve a digital preview before we make anything.

Built to last

UV-protected and weather-treated after finishing, so kitchen steam, splashes and strong afternoon light are all fine. It wipes clean without marking.

Specifications

• Material: electroformed metal over a solid sculpted core
• Finish: raised antique brass on a darkened 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: landscape, shaped bracket top, with a sculpted rolling pin and lemon motif
• Sizes: eleven, from 6 x 4 to 10 x 10 inches, height x width
• UV-protected and weather-treated
• Made to order in our own workshop

Wide recipes with an ingredient list beside a method fit best at 10 x 8 and above. Anything with more than about twelve lines is worth sizing up.

Mounting

Three ways, chosen at checkout.

• Keyhole slots: two screws, lifts off when you want to wipe behind it.
• Peel-and-stick tape: sealed strips already applied, no drilling into tile.
• Floating stud mount: reinforced studs that hold it clear of the wall with no fixing on show.

Hardware and instructions are included with all three.

Where it works

Above a counter, behind a cake stand, on the wall of a pantry or a utility room. Wide pieces suit the space over a doorway too, where a portrait plaque never fits.

Care

Wipe clean. Avoid harsh cleaners.