Wonderful Floral Pattern Service 12 Dinner Porcelain Plates Black Night Bavaria
By Black Knight China 1
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Floral Pattern Service 12 Dinner Porcelain Plates By Black Night Bavaria
Porcelain
Clarice Cliff Charger with Fair Ladies Design by Dame Laura Knight, 1934
By Dame Laura Knight
Located in Malvern, Victoria
Clarice cliff charger with fair ladies design by Dame Laura Knight. 18 inches diameter. Inscribed verso: Designed by Laura Knight A.R.A. Produced in bizarre by Clarice Cliff Wilki...
Ceramic, Porcelain
12 Black Knight Fish Plates Designed by Arno Johnssen Green Gilt Shaped Edge
By Black Knight China 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A highly decorated set of fish plates by the re known firm of Black Knight (by the Hutchenreuther Porcelain Factory).
Gold, Enamel
Set of Twelve Ornate Gilt Service Dinner Plates
By Black Knight China 1
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of twelve stunningly beautiful gold encrusted service plates with a jade green background. The lavish decoration has a glaze over a tooled patter similar to Guilloché with an o...
Porcelain
Sold
H 1.5 in Dm 9 in
12 Antique Cobalt Blue Hand Painted Floral Cartouches Shaped Soup or Entre Bowls
By Black Knight China 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An unique and attractive set of twelve soup or entree bowls from the Black Knight Decorating Studio. The cobalt blue is crisp and uniform and all of the cartouches of florals are dif...
Gold, Enamel
Vintage Black Knight Long Shoe Horn, Germany 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual long wall hung shoe horn. Nickel plated black Knight handle set on a stylized black rod with rose thorns.
Metal, Nickel
Set of 12 Elaborate Cobalt and Gilt Floral Service Plates
By Black Knight China 1
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of cobalt blue with elaborate gilt border service plates. Double ring broad borders with central Dresden floral medallion. The plates are in unused cabinet condition with one p...
Porcelain
Sumptuous Set of Ten Cobalt and Gold Service Dinner Plates
By Black Knight China 1
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Elegant and opulent deep cobalt blue service plates. The rich borders with gilt swags and borders with a center gilt medallion with Dresden floral cartouch. Grace and style from the ...
Porcelain
12 Antique Dinner Plates, Unique Cobalt Blue, Pink and Gilt Band
By Black Knight China 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
We are having so much fun mixing these uniquely colored black knight decorated dinner plates. They have a Classic shaped design and an all-over pink back ground.
Gold, Enamel
Set of 12 Gilt Banded Service Dinner Plates with Fruit Borders
By Black Knight China 1
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Set of 12 porcelain and gilt service plates. The decorative borders with swags and garlands of fruit with detailed gold bands on the edge and in the center.
Porcelain
Black Knight Celeste Salad Plates Set of 8
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of eight black knight Celeste salad plates, each featuring a pink band flanked by encrusted gold banding.
Porcelain
Elegant Set of 12 Black Knight Gold Encrusted Porcelain Dinner Plates
Located in Roslyn, NY
Made by Hutschenreuther Black Knight, sold by Ovington's, the gold encrusted band is 1.5" wide on the edge and the inner area decorated with fruit, floral and ribbons and a seco...
Porcelain
Wonderful Black Knight Set of 12 Dinner Plates Raised Gold Encrusted Cobalt Blue
By Black Knight China 1
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Black Knight set of 12 service dinner plates with raised encrusted gold over a cobalt blue interior band.
Gold Plate
Set of 12 Elaborate Gilt Service Dinner Plates
By Black Knight China 1
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An elegant set of 12 gilt decorated service dinner plates by Black Knight, early 20th century. Unusual red clay color background with elaborate gilt overlay detail with centre medall...
Porcelain
Beautiful Set of 12 Beautiful Black Knight Hohenberg Bavaria Dishes, Floral
By Black Knight China 1
Located in Westport, CT
A beautiful set of 12 beautiful black knight Hohenberg Bavaria dishes, beautifully designed porcelain with great detail and a soft crème color with a rose bud and soft blue, butter a...
12 Presentation Plates, Black Knight Decorated
Located in New York, NY
12 Presentation Plates, Black Knight decorated on an attributed Bavarian (Thomas) porcelain blank.
1930's Bavaria "Alice" Porcelain Floral Plates, S/17
By Black Knight China 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare 17-piece green and pink scalloped porcelain plate set by Black Knight.. Set includes: Nine bread plates, 6.25" diameter; eight dinner plates, 10.25" diameter.
Gold
Fabulous Pair of Meissen Porcelain Glass Coolers/Cachepots
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of Meissen Porcelain glass coolers/cachepots. This exceptional pair of exquisitely hand-painted Meissen Porcelain glass coolers are each painted with panels of figure...
Porcelain, Meissen
Gilded Peacock Sculpture in Porcelain and Crystal
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture gilded peacock handmade in precious porcelain one by one, feather by feather. Each feather is unique. Made with shiny porcelain, hand-painted with 24-karat gold and preciou...
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Meissen Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12 People
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful German Meissen dinnerware service for twelve people with serving pieces. The dinnerware service is in great condition. Just exquisite & very rare to find a complete service...
Gold
$410,101
H 86.03 in Dm 51.97 in
Extremely Rare Victorian Chandelier of Exceptional Quality and Size by F&C Osler
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An extremely rare early Victorian 20-light cut-glass silvered mounted chandelier of exceptional quality the baluster thumb and radial cut shaft with lower shaft canopy and draping pa...
Silver Plate
$36,000
H 10 in Dm 13.75 in
Dinner Service, 86 Piece, Flow Blue and White, Classic Onion Meissen Pattern
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Montreal, Quebec
86 piece dinner service with the marking: "Original ZWIEBELMUSTER, Czechoslovakia", in the Classic Blue Onion, Meissen Pattern, comprising: 24 dinner plates, 9.5" diameter 12...
Porcelain
Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service German, c. 1900 Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm Square salad bowl: Height 9.5cm, width 22cm, depth 22cm...
Porcelain
Porcelain Transfer Decorate / Gilt Dinner Service Plate For 11 People
By Coronet
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Dine in timeless elegance with our Porcelain Painted and Gilt Floral Bouquet Decorated Set of Eleven Dinner Plates, a stunning creation from the mid-20th century by Coronet Chinaware...
Porcelain
$46,300
H 5 in W 8 in D 5 in
F. Barbedienne, A Suite of Three French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Jardinieres
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Ferdinand Barbedienne, An Exquisite Suite of Three French Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Jardinieres / Garniture C. 1870, The Design Attributed to Louis Constant Sevin. Comprising of t...
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
$109,360
H 95.08 in W 69.89 in D 95.28 in
LARGE & IMPORTANT ANTiQUE CIRCA 1600 CHARLES I DOCUMENTED ENGLISH OAK TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, extra large framed, Documented English oak Tester bed c...
Oak
$4,800 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 10.75 in
12 Lamm Dresden Arts & Crafts Raised Paste Gold & Cream Dinner Service Plates
By Dresden Porcelain, Ambrosius Lamm
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 dinner plates are made by the iconic Ambrosius Lamm Dresden in a rare Arts & Crafts style decoration featuring a clear white center, framed with an ivory border. It is...
Porcelain
$4,200 / set
H 1 in Dm 10.25 in
Set of 12 Royal Crown Derby Hand-Painted Dinner Plates with Floral Bouquets
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set is a great example of the iconic artistry and style of Royal Crown Derby. These plates are embellished with swags of vibrant hand-painted roses and two bands of acid etched...
Porcelain
$4,800 / set
H 0.5 in Dm 7.75 in
Copeland Spode for Tiffany Dessert & Tea Set for 12 Floral Japonesque Service
By Copeland Spode
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a complete dessert service for 12 that includes the matching coffee or teapot, creamer and sugar made by Copeland Spode, exclusively for Tiffany and Co. The butterscotch col...
Porcelain
$34,500 / set
H 1 in Dm 10.63 in
Minton for Tiffany Complete Dinner Service for 12 Caramel, White & Raised Gold
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
As we approach the holiday season, this complete Minton for Tiffany dinner service for 12 will work with many decorating themes to dress up any event. The warm butterscotch border fr...
Porcelain
12 Minton Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Overlay Service or Dinner Plates
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Minton service plates is a rare example of Minton's sterling silver overlay. Most silver overlay was made by other porcelain manufacturers and these were surely a cust...
Porcelain, Paste
$5,200 / set
H 1.25 in Dm 9.88 in
Set of 12 Coalport Hand Painted Exotic Bird Lapis Blue & Gilt Soup Bowls Plates
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Rimmed soup bowls are in demand and this set of 12 Coalport hand painted bowls are perfect for soup, pasta and desserts as their large size makes them very versatile. Framed by a gol...
Porcelain
$10,366 / set
H 19.69 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in
44 Pieces Windsor Flowers ' Livia ' Dinner Set For 12 Persons, Herend Hungary
By Herend
Located in Vienna, AT
Herend service, consisting of 44 pieces: a large tureen with lid on a presenter, a large oval platter, a large round platter, a square side dish, a sauce boat, two leaf-shaped bowls,...
Porcelain
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.