The Cartouche Award

Each year, SAPFM recognizes one person for a lifetime in the craft — makers, educators, conservators, and supporters, professional or hobbyist, who have inspired or instructed others, or who have simply made the world more pleasing as a result of their skillful labors.

The award itself is a five-pound bronze cast from the actual cartouche crowning a Philadelphia tall case clock built by Gene Landon. The bronze, cast by Dana Stewart in Lambertville, NJ, is mounted alongside an acid-etched brass plaque on a mahogany base made by Mickey Callahan — one of the Society’s founders.

The recipient is selected by the Cartouche Award Selection Committee from nominations submitted each summer. SAPFM membership is not a requirement; a lifetime of achievement in the craft is. The award is presented at the annual Cartouche Award Banquet.