What are Crystal Plaques?

Crystal plaques range between $60 to $250 or so, which is mostly determined by size, shape, and quality of crystal. Eclipse Awards offers crystal plaques at fixed, all-in prices that include design, artwork proofs, personalization and engraving. With no setup charges or hidden fees, you can order with confidence knowing the price you see is the price you will pay.

Original concept crystal plaques with uniquely designed shapes and sizes can be made upon request. For custom plaques, other factors that may affect cost are:

Pro tip: Ordering off the shelf crystal plaques from our collection is the fastest and most cost effective way to produce personalized crystal trophies, because much of the work has already been done. We design your custom artwork and then sandblast engrave it to create beautiful crystal plaques, personalized exactly as you wish.

Crystal plaques are an awesome addition to any certification or recognition program because they look great and they’re easy to hang in highly visible places.

Ready to bring your award ideas to life? Browse our online catalog of wall plaques, choose your favorite plaque style, and let’s get your project started!

Glass and crystal plaques are first cut to size from larger sheets of glass, before they are beveled and polished and attached to a backing. Wall plaques are typically made of either clear, or opaque coloured glass which is attached to a backing that includes hanging hardware.

Opaque coloured glass provides a nice contrast for the engraved and frosted areas, and also allows for the hanging hardware to remain hidden. When clear glass or crystal is used for plaques, it often has a darker material behind it to add contrast.

At Eclipse Awards we carry a collection of high quality “blank” plaques that we personalize as needed. When you place your order, we create special artwork based on your requirements, then we use this artwork to custom engrave and personalize the crystal plaques in your order.

Crystal plaques can be marked and personalized in several ways, though the most popular and impressive type of marking is sandblast engraving. With sandblast engraving, a fine stream of pressurized air and sand is used to carve text and artwork directly into the glass plaque, creating an effect that is both impressive and permanent. Sandblast engraving is an artisan skill that requires years of experience to perfect. The skill and experience of Eclipse Awards’ sandblasters ensures that all crystal plaques are engraved elegantly and beautifully.

Pro tip: be careful when ordering glass or crystal that is laser engraved as opposed to sandblast engraved. Laser engraving is a permanent marking on crystal, however the process does not actually carve out any of the crystal, so the effect can sometimes be faint or unclear. Sandblast engraving however uses high pressure sand and air to actually carve out the crystal, leaving a much more impressive imprint and marking

Another method of marketing is called UV printing, which allows for full colour printing directly onto the crystal plaque. UV printing is helpful when there are complicated graphics or when colour is required. In some cases, UV printing is used in addition to sandblast engraving to create some really memorable crystal plaques.

Our prefab recognition plaques are ready for personalization! When you place your order, we incorporate your specific details into a custom design that we then sandblast engrave or UV print onto the crystal to create uniquely personalized crystal plaques. Our process allows us to create one crystal plaque for you, or hundreds!

Today, most clients order personalized crystal plaques from an online supplier like Eclipse Awards, from the comfort of their desk. It doesn’t matter if you’re in Detroit, Vancouver, Calgary, Boston, Portland, or Whistler, you no longer need to search for a "trophy shop near me"! Eclipse Awards offers free engraving, no setup charges, and a wide variety of quality crystal plaques that you can order and personalize from your desk, and have delivered within 2 weeks (or faster if needed)!

Pro-tip: When ordering crystal plaques online, look for a supplier that does all of their sandblast engraving in-house. This usually means better quality and faster lead times.

10 Reasons to Choose Eclipse Awards to Supply Your Crystal Plaques

If you’re preparing to order crystal wall plaques from an online supplier, consider these points as you’re getting underway:

Ordering personalized crystal plaques from Eclipse Awards is as easy as gathering a few details and then selecting the trophies that you’d like to personalize. There are 3 ways to place your order:

However you choose to order from us, the first thing you will see is an email order confirmation that summarizes your order and timeline. Then we begin a design process to create the custom artwork for your plaques, which we email you as a digital artwork proof (pdf).

Once you review your artwork proof, you can either approve it if everything looks good, or request changes. You can request unlimited design revisions at no charge, until you approve the artwork proof. We cannot start engraving your crystal plaques until you have approved your artwork.

As soon as you approve your artwork, no further design changes are possible because we start production immediately. We then engrave or print your crystal plaques, clean them, inspect them, and safely pack them for shipping. We send you an email to let you know once your order has shipped out.

Throughout the whole order process, we keep you in the loop with a series of email order updates that let you know where we are in the whole process. Of course you’re always free to check in on the status of your order anytime!