Dinner Plates
1890s Belgian Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Faience
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1920s English Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Gold Plate
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s Turkish Dinner Plates
Clay
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1740s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s English American Classical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Late 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s French Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Antique and Vintage Dinner Plates
Set the mood when you’re setting the table. The right antique and vintage dinner plates for the meals in your home can truly elevate the dining experience.
We haven’t had our own plate at dinner for very long. It wasn’t until the middle of the 19th century in Europe that individual dinner plates had become the norm, replacing the platters that diners had shared before them. Innovations at the dining table are believed to have been introduced by Italian noblewoman Catherine de’ Medici, who, when she married King Henry II of France in 1533, brought with her decorative table adornments for meals and fine tableware such as silver forks, replacing the fingers and knives utilized during dinner before her arrival. Italy was a bit faster on table settings, and, thanks to Catherine, tableware such as dinner plates would also replace the wooden trenchers and flat slabs of days-old bread that preceded them.
Today, while enthusiasts of mid-century modern furnishings might pine for vintage mismatched dinner plates — a mix of old and new can be refreshing — presenting ceramic vessels, glassware and decorative centerpieces that matched was once actually part of the point as setting the table became more refined during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And as Fornasetti dinner plates and Chinese porcelain tableware have long held weight as collector’s items and status symbols, your dinner dishes haven’t ever really been merely functional. From antique metal dishes and ornamental earthenware designed by celebrated English ceramics makers Wedgwood, dinner plates are statement-making works that bring elegance and likely stir conversation at your table.
Entertaining is an art form, and the kitchen bar island and dining room table in your space are cherished gathering places where families and friends convene and grow closer over good meals. Browse an extensive collection of antique and vintage dinner plates to pair with these important events today on 1stDibs.