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Russia & CIS — Memorial plaques

Plates, and the
lettering on them.

Name plates, niche fronts, portrait plates and civic memorial boards — cut, polished, engraved and packed here. The plate is the easy part; the lettering decides whether it still reads in twenty years.

Sandblasted · V-cut · etched Painted or gilded Cyrillic & Latin Drilled for fixings Proofs before cutting

Twelve plate types,
one set of rules.

Kerb plate, niche front or a board for a church wall — the format changes, the questions stay the same: size, stone, letter height and how it fixes.

Name plaqueТабличка Small plate with name and dates, for kerb, base or wall Portrait plaqueПлита с портретом Polished plate with an engraved portrait panel Niche plateПлита для ниши Columbarium or niche front, drilled for fixings Wall memorialМемориальная доска Larger civic or church plate with a carved border Kerb plateПлита на цоколь Long, low plate set into the kerb or base Flush markerНадгробная плита Ground-level plate, engraved and laid flush Icon plaqueИкона на граните Engraved icon on polished black granite Book plaqueПлита книга Open-book plate for a name on each page Family plateСемейная плита Several names on one plate, added to over time Photo mountПлита под медальон Plate cut with a recess for a ceramic portrait Donor plateПамятная табличка Commemorative or donor plate for a church or hall Cast-letter plateПлита с накладными буквами Granite plate drilled for fixed metal letters

Five ways to put
a letter into granite.

Each behaves differently outdoors. Sandblasted and gilded work last longest; etched work is finest but shallow — worth knowing before it goes on a wall in a wet climate.

SandblastedFrosted letter cut into the face — the workhorse for names and dates
V-cut engravedCut to a V section so the edge catches light and reads deeper
Etched / laserFine grey line work — portraits, icons and small type
PaintedSandblasted letter filled with enamel for contrast on dark stone
GildedGold leaf laid into the cut — the traditional finish for church work

Artwork proofed
before anything is cut.

A plate with a misspelt name is scrap, so the layout goes back to you at full size and nothing is blasted until it comes back approved.

Plate cutSized and edgedPolishingFace brought upArtworkLayout proof to youMaskingStencil appliedBlastingLetter cut inFillingPaint or gold laidPackingFaces boarded

Contrast is the
whole job.

Dark polished stone with a frosted or gilded letter is the most legible combination there is. Lighter stones need the letter filled to read at distance.

Standard Absolute BlackHighest contrast for sandblasted and gilded letters Traditional Gabbro DiabaseFine grain, holds small type cleanly Civic work Steel GreyLetters painted white or black for contrast Light plates Kashmir WhiteDark-filled letters on a pale ground Warm Tan BrownGold and cream fills read well against it Premium Black GalaxySpeckle keeps larger plates from looking flat
Letter heightAs a working rule, 10 mm of letter height reads at about one metre. Niche plates run 15–25 mm; civic boards 40 mm and up.
Sizes & thicknessPlates commonly 15, 18, 20 and 30 mm thick. Thin plates for wall fixing, thicker for kerbs and ground markers.
FixingCounter-bored holes, rebates for concealed anchors, or drilled and tapped for stand-off pins. Stainless fixings supplied.
ArtworkSend text as a document, not an image, and any logo as vector. We return a full-size proof for signature.
AdditionsFamily plates are laid out with space left for later names, with the layout kept on file so the next line matches.
PackingFaces boarded and foam-separated; small plates boxed in sets inside the main crate.

Send the text
and the fixing detail.

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