Dinner Plates
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1990s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century British Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
1850s English Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Pewter
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s English Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Beaux Arts Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
20th Century German Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Pewter
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 1900s French Romantic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Romantic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1970s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s British Edwardian Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1890s Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience, Ceramic
Late 19th Century Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1950s English Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
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.