Bayan Signage engraves solid brass name plates for law firms, clinics, family offices and villa gates across the UAE. Every plate is cut, engraved, enamel-filled and finished in our Ajman workshop, and we agree the finish with you before production, so the plate ages the way you expect rather than surprising you after its first humid summer.
A brass name plate is a flat plate of solid brass, usually 1.5 to 3 mm thick, with the name engraved into the metal and the engraving filled with black or coloured enamel. It is the traditional plate for an advocate's door, a doctor's practice, a family office reception and a villa gate pillar, and it still signals permanence. Because the letters are cut into the surface, they catch the light at an angle and stay legible even after the brass has darkened.
The shape is rarely the hard decision. The finish is: polished and bare, polished and lacquered, brushed, antiqued, or replaced by PVD gold stainless that only looks like brass. Each ages differently in UAE humidity, and the wrong choice is the main source of disappointment we hear about from plates bought elsewhere. We show clients aged and fresh offcuts side by side in our Ajman workshop, specify engraving depth for how often the plate will be polished and choose fixings that will not stain the stone below.
Bayan Signage has engraved and fabricated signs at Alam Square, Industrial Area 2, Ajman, since 2016 as the production arm of Bayan Advertising, a UAE business for 15 years. Brass plates often sit alongside other metalwork we make, such as brass or stainless 3D letters on a facade, so we can match alloy and finish across a whole entrance.
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Most brass work falls into one of these. We help you choose by where the plate will sit and how much care it will get.
Engraved brass plates for law firms, consultancies and executive floors, matched in size and layout to the rest of your door signage.
View details →Engraved brass faces on hardwood or stone bases for senior offices and boardrooms, and a popular choice for promotion and retirement gifts.
View details →Larger plaques, foundation stones and building signs in brass or bronze, for entrances where a nameplate would be too small.
View details →Built-up brass lettering for facades and receptions, finished to match a brass plate at the door so the entrance reads as one design.
View details →Stainless steel with a hard gold-coloured coating. The low-maintenance alternative for coastal villas, sunny gates and busy entrances.
View details →We ask where the plate will sit, indoors or out, sun or shade, and what it fixes to. A photo of the door or pillar tells us more about size and fixing than any drawing.
We show polished, lacquered, brushed and aged samples, and recommend PVD gold stainless where the plate faces sun or sea air and must stay bright with no care.
Our designers set the name, title and any crest or Arabic calligraphy at true size. Fine calligraphy is checked for whether its thinnest strokes will hold enamel.
The plate is cut to size, the edge bevelled or rounded, and the artwork engraved to the agreed depth, then filled with enamel and levelled off by hand.
The face is polished or brushed, and lacquered if agreed. Each plate is checked against the approved artwork for spelling, depth, fill and finish.
We fit with brass screws or concealed studs, never zinc-plated steel outdoors, and tell you and your cleaners whether the plate is lacquered or bare.
Our standard brass plate is below. Size, thickness and finish change with position, and every change is shown on the quote.
| Component | Our standard | Upgrade options | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plate | Solid engraving brass, 1.5 mm indoors, 2 to 3 mm outdoors | Thicker plate for large gate plates | Solid brass can be repolished; plated steel cannot and may rust at the edges. |
| Engraving | 0.3 to 0.6 mm deep, black enamel fill | Coloured fill, crests, Arabic calligraphy | Deeper engraving keeps its fill after years of polishing. |
| Edge | Square cut, lightly dressed | Polished 45 degree bevel, hand-rounded edge | A polished bevel throws a thin line of light around the plate. |
| Finish | Polished with clear lacquer for indoors | Bare, brushed, antiqued, or PVD gold stainless | Lacquer slows tarnish; bare brass darkens and needs polishing. |
| Fixing | Brass dome-head screws | Concealed studs, plate set into a stone recess | Steel screws rust and streak pale stone within months outdoors. |
| Layout | 15 to 25 mm border inside the edge | Two-language layout with crest | A clear border stops text crowding the bevel. |
Brass is a living material. These are the points we discuss before anyone engraves a name into it.
Bare polished brass outdoors in the UAE will darken, often within weeks in humid coastal air, however good it looks on delivery day. Lacquer slows this for a few years indoors, but on a sunny gate it may yellow or crack. If the owner wants bright metal with no effort outside, PVD gold stainless is the honest answer. If they enjoy polishing brass, bare is beautiful. Either is fine as long as it is a decision.
Brass polish on a lacquered plate leaves cloudy patches and eventually strips the lacquer, after which the plate tarnishes unevenly. We mark lacquered plates on the handover note. A soft cloth and water is all a lacquered plate needs; bare plates take brass polish worked carefully around the filled letters.
A small interior plate is fine at 1.5 mm. Anything wider than about 300 mm on a gate pillar should be 2 to 3 mm so it stays flat in summer heat and does not flex when someone leans on it. Brass is bought by weight, so a 3 mm plate of twice the area uses four times the metal; we size carefully rather than by habit.
Villa gate plates are read from the road or a moving car, so they need much larger names than office plates. Roughly 25 mm of letter height for every 3 m of viewing distance is a sensible starting rule, which puts a gate read from 6 m at around 50 mm. Fine serif fonts fill unevenly at small sizes, so keep them for larger text.
Arabic family names on villa plates are often set in Thuluth or Diwani. The thinnest strokes and dots need enough plate area and engraving depth to hold enamel, or they fill unevenly. We review calligraphy artwork before quoting and may suggest a slightly larger plate or a simpler style for small text.
Every plate is quoted from its size and finish. Send the text, a sketch or reference, the position and a photo, and we send an itemised quote, usually within 24 hours.
Brass is bought by weight, so size and thickness are usually the biggest cost drivers on any plate.
Deep engraving, crests and Arabic calligraphy take more machine time and careful enamel filling than a plain two-line name.
A polished bevel or hand-rounded edge adds finishing time. Square edges are the most economical and suit minimal designs.
Lacquer adds preparation and spraying. Antiqued finishes add a chemical treatment and a sealing coat over the base polish.
Visible screws are quickest. Concealed studs or a plate set flush into a stone recess add workshop and site time.
A set of matching plates for one office shares set-up and proofing; a single gate plate carries it alone.
Many master communities in Dubai and across the UAE control what can be fixed to villa walls and gates, including size and sometimes finish or position. A modest gate name plate usually sits well within those rules, but some communities ask for approval first. We confirm the current requirement with your community or landlord before making a gate plate.
In managed office towers, corridor-facing door plates often have to follow the landlord's fit-out guide for size, material and mounting height, and brass may need approval if the building standard is stainless. Send us the guide with your brief and we design within it, or prepare a drawing for the landlord to approve.
We tell you exactly what you are getting: solid brass, or PVD gold stainless where that suits better. No plated steel sold as brass.
Cutting, engraving, enamel filling, polishing and lacquering happen in our own workshop, and you are welcome to visit during production.
We show aged and fresh samples, so you choose how the plate will look in year five, not only on delivery day.
Our designers set family names and calligraphy at true size and check that the finest strokes will engrave cleanly.
Brass plates can match brass or stainless letters, plaques and door signs made by the same team for the same entrance.
National retail groups and international brands are among our clients, and most of our work comes from returning clients and referrals.
It depends mainly on size and thickness, because brass is priced by weight, then on engraving detail, edge treatment, finish and fixing. A small lacquered office plate costs far less than a large bevelled gate plate with calligraphy set into stone. Send the text and position and we will send an itemised quote, usually within 24 hours.
Ours are solid brass right through, which is why the engraving shows bright metal and why the plate can be repolished. Cheaper plates are brass-plated steel or gold-coloured aluminium, which look similar at first but cannot be repolished and may rust or peel at the edges.
Yes, but plan for the climate. Bare brass darkens and may spot in humid and coastal air. Lacquer slows this, waxing every few months helps, and shaded positions age far more slowly than sunny ones. If the plate must stay bright with no care at all, PVD gold stainless is the better material.
Brass is a copper and zinc alloy that tarnishes and develops a patina. PVD gold is a thin, hard, gold-coloured coating bonded to stainless steel, which keeps its colour with almost no care. Brass feels warmer and more traditional; PVD gold is the practical choice outdoors and near the sea.
If it is unlacquered, a dedicated brass polish and a soft cloth bring it back, working carefully around the filled letters. If the lacquer has failed, polishing over it gives a patchy result. The better fix is to strip, repolish and reseal, which is a workshop job we can do for you.
Yes. Arabic names and verses can be engraved and enamel-filled in most calligraphic styles, provided the plate is large enough for the finest strokes and dots. We review the artwork first and may suggest a slightly larger plate or a simpler style for very small text.
Timing depends on quantity, plate size, finish and whether you need lacquer, antiquing or calligraphy, which add finishing and drying stages. We confirm a realistic production date with the itemised quote once the artwork is approved, and we tell you early if a hand-applied finish needs extra curing before it can be fitted.
Yes. Our installers fix gate plates across all seven emirates using brass screws or concealed studs into stone, render or blockwork, and we can set a plate into a recess cut in stone for a flush finish.
Send your logo, the fascia size and a site photo. Our estimating team replies with options and an itemised price, usually within 24 hours.