Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
20th Century American Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Clay
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1880s British Victorian Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Modern Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Pottery, Stoneware
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Gold Plate
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Plaster
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Plaster
Early 1900s French Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Lead
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Onyx, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Cotton, Wood
1920s Art Deco Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
1980s Pop Art Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Polymer, Paper
1960s English Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Regency Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Animal Skin, Glass, Plaster, Feathers
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Cotton, Wood
Recent Sales
Mid-20th Century American Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Gold
20th Century American Vintage Homer Laughlin Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Finding the Right dinner-plates for You
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.