Wall plaques

A wall plaque adapted to be hung on a wall by a picture hook, said picture hook being of the type having an upturned V-shaped hook portion connected by a strap to a crown shaped head portion, said picture hook being mountable on a wall by a nail driven through said head portion, said wall plaque comprising

• an intermediary body portion having a front face and a rear face,
• structure defining a recess in said rear face, said recess having an upper portion sized to receive said hook's head portion, and having a lower portion sized to receive said hook's hook portion, said hook's head and hook portions being received in said recess's upper and lower portions, respectively, when said plaque is hung on a wall by said picture hook in a position where said plaque's rear face is flush against said wall, and
• a tongue within said recess that divides said recess into said upper and lower portions, a bottom surface of said tongue having at least one of (a) an upward slope away from said rear face, and (b) a plurality of ribs, said tongue resting on, and said plaque thereby being supported by, the free edge of said picture hook's hook portion when said plaque is hung on a wall by said picture hook, and at least one of said tongue's slope and said tongue's ribs cooperating with said hook portion's free edge to tend to cause said plaque's rear face to remain flush with the wall.