Dinner Plates
1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Sri Lankan Art Deco Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s English Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Creamware
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s English Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze
1920s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s French Charles X Antique Dinner Plates
Opaline Glass
1980s French Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Dinner Plates
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Belgian Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Crystal
20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Crystal
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Revival Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Argentine Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery, Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Georgian Dinner Plates
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1950s American American Classical Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1920s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1920s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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.