$640Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 12.6 in
Cairo, Six Contemporary Porcelain Platters with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
porcelain, part of the Cairo collection. All around her, blooming flowers fill the space, evoking the
Porcelain
$370Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 1.19 in Dm 8.27 in
Cairo, Six Contemporary Porcelain Soup Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
porcelain, part of the Cairo collection. All around her, blooming flowers fill the space, evoking the
Porcelain
$284Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 8.27 in
Cairo, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dessert Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
porcelain, part of the Cairo collection. All around her, blooming flowers fill the space, evoking the
Porcelain
$455Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 11.03 in
Cairo, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
porcelain, part of the Cairo collection. All around her, blooming flowers fill the space, evoking the
Porcelain
Set of Six Cairo Porcelain Dinner Plates, Made in Italy
By Vito Nesta
Located in Firenze, IT
Handmade in Italy, designed by Vito Nesta. The set of 6 porcelain dinner plates represent
Porcelain
Set of Six Cairo Porcelain Dinner Plates, Made in Italy
By Vito Nesta
Located in Firenze, IT
Handmade in Italy, designed by Vito Nesta. The set of 6 porcelain dinner plates represent
Porcelain
$11,500 / set
H 1 in Dm 1 in
Derby Porcelain Part Dessert Service, Red Botanical, John Brewer, 1795-1800
By John Brewer, Crown Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning part-dessert service made by Derby between about 1795 and 1800, painted with named botanical studies by John Brewer. The service consists of a lidded sauce comport...
Porcelain
$455Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 11.03 in
Animalia, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Spring time, animals all around the world spreads their love and starts to look for their second half of the apple.
Porcelain
$256Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 6.3 in
Cabinet de Curiosités, Six Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Bread Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Cabinet de Curiosités collection takes inspiration from the rooms of the same name which in the sixteenth century collected objects and subjects of various kinds. In this collect...
Porcelain
$296 / set
H 0.79 in Dm 8.27 in
Costantinopoli by Vito Nesta for Les Ottomans, Set of 6 Dessert Plates #1
By Les Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Elevate your dessert presentation with our set of 6 porcelain plates from the Costantinopoli collection, designed by the renowned Vito Nesta. Each plate features intricate designs in...
Porcelain
$296 / set
H 0.79 in Dm 8.27 in
Costantinopoli by Vito Nesta for Les Ottomans, Set of 6 Dessert Plates #2
By Les Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Elevate your dessert presentation with our set of 6 porcelain plates from the Costantinopoli collection, designed by the renowned Vito Nesta. Each plate features intricate designs in...
Porcelain
$455Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 11.03 in
Natsumi, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Bordeaux and blue are the primary colors of this Japan inspired collection of plates, where ancient Japanese scenes take place on the rivers of a fairy lake.
Porcelain
$284Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 8.27 in
Natsumi, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dessert Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Bordeaux and blue are the primary colors of this Japan inspired collection of plates, where ancient Japanese scenes take place on the rivers of a fairy lake.
Porcelain
$455Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 11.03 in
Cabinet de Curiosités, Six Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Dinner Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Cabinet de Curiosités collection takes inspiration from the rooms of the same name which in the sixteenth century collected objects and subjects of various kinds. In this collect...
Porcelain
$616 / item
H 0.79 in Dm 8.27 in
Vito Nesta Corteo Porcelain Dessert Plates - Set of 12, Made in Italy
By Vito Nesta
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Experience the grandeur of a Sultan’s triumphant entrance into a conquered city with the Corteo collection, designed by Vito Nesta in collaboration with Les Ottomans. This set of 12 ...
Porcelain
$455Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 11.03 in
Black Dragon, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Black dragon POOL is a collection of plates and vases inspired by the famous Chinese pond of the same name, located in the scenic Jade Spring Park. The designs in this collection fea...
Porcelain
Corteo Porcelain Set of 12 Dinner Plates Made in Italy
By Vito Nesta
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
The triunphant entrance of a Sultan into a conquered city is the theme of these collection in which all the plates are part of the same image, connected amongst them and telling one ...
Porcelain
Set of 12 Plates, Piero Fornasetti, Adamo / Adam
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Stockholm, SE
12 plates of model Adamo (Adam) designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s. Piero Fornasetti created one set of Adam and one set of Eva containing 12 plates each. These plates are 26 ...
Porcelain
$255Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 6.3 in
Cabinet de Curiosités, Six Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Bread Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Cabinet de Curiosités collection takes inspiration from the rooms of the same name which in the sixteenth century collected objects and subjects of various kinds. In this collect...
Porcelain
$284Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 8.27 in
Pompei, Six Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Dessert Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The porcelain collection Pompei by Grand Tour By Vito Nesta brings the Grottesche wall decoration back to life in a contemporary key. Ancient designs are taken and declined on the di...
Porcelain
$284Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 8.27 in
Cabinet de Curiosités, Six Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Dessert Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Cabinet de Curiosités collection takes inspiration from the rooms of the same name which in the sixteenth century collected objects and subjects of various kinds. In this collect...
Porcelain
$455Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.4 in Dm 11.03 in
Galtaji, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
In the vicinity of a Buddhist temple, the slow and cyclical flow of time is outlined. The Galtaji collection tells an Indian astronomical garden, where monkeys populate the branches...
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.