Dinner Plates
1840s English Japonisme Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 1900s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1750s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s Austrian Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English International Style Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1780s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1810s Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Dinner Plates
Delft
1790s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-18th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
1890s English Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
Early 1900s French Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1880s English Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
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.