Deck Plate

Details & Examples

This style Plate MountBlank is used to tip a plate up from the deck for display. Two bottom tabs soldered to a curved rod are shaped by you to your plate's profile and support its weight. A flat brass strap, also soldered to the curved rod, provides stabilization for the back of the object. The center stem is bent as needed and installed into the deck. Below there is an in situ picture showing a customized variation on the concept.

The Deck Plate MountBlank comes in three sizes, based on the diameter of the object it will easily accommodate.

Example: Woven Grass Disk

Here are each size of deck-style Plate MountBlanks, an artifact, and its finished mount.

Woven grass disk in search of a mount.
A small deck plate MountBlank shaped & padded to receive the grass disk.
Large / No. 22-263D
Medium / No. 22-262D
Small / No. 22-261D

Below is the artifact placed on its mount.

Close-ups of the mount details:

Seen from the side showing the backwards slant that works to keep the artifact in the mount. You can also see the stem bent back (to minimize visibility) and down into the deck.

Seen from the front with the shaped and bent tabs. Remember you can cut the tabs shorter as needed. Tabs are painted-out to blend with the artifact. Pad with either our acrylic-backed felt or sueded polyethylene.

Photographs of a Deck Plate Mount In Situ

Here is a custom variation on the Deck Plate MountBlank that we sell. This majolica plate is perhaps 20" high but needed to be seen from both sides.

Here is the plate put into its mount. This example also shows how strong brass can be for relatively little material used. And what fun it was to paint-out the mount.

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