Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Late 20th Century Russian Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Gold
1930s Rococo Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Glass, Art Glass
20th Century English Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
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20th Century Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s British Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1960s British Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century European Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s British Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1930s American Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1960s British Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
20th Century American Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Art Glass
20th Century English Regency Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Regency Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Regency Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Edwardian Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Regency Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Gold Plate
20th Century Empire Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Charles X Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Glass
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15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Bone
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Bronze, Wrought Iron
19th Century Russian Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Silver
1980s Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Italian Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Metal, Chrome
2010s Italian Minimalist Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Brass
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Other Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1980s English Neoclassical Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Brass
1910s English Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Enamel, Gold
19th Century Syrian Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vintage Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
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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.
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