Early 19th c. Minton 18 Piece Hand Painted Cobalt Dessert Service w/ Shells
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
An extraordinary, museum quality botanical and mollusk decorated dessert service. Each uniquely decorated piece is hand painted with all different shells and flowers on a cobalt blue...
Enamel, Gold
Minton Mazarine Extensive Pristine Dinner Service Cobalt Blue & Gold 232 Pcs
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern with raised paste gold on a white gr...
Porcelain
11 19th Century Minton Cobalt and Rust Service Plates
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
These 19th century plates from Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, England feature beautiful intricate bands containing white, rust, and 22-karat gold encrustation. They are a fine example of th...
Gold Leaf
Unavailable
H 0.79 in Dm 10.24 in
Porcelain Dinner Service, 24-Karat Gold & Cobalt Bidasoa, Spain, circa 1980
Located in Bilbao, ES
Impressive and unique porcelain dinner set hand decorated with 24k Gold and Cobalt. This set named king Carlos IV is a limited edition. It is inspired by the royal dinner set from t...
Gold
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H 0.5 in Dm 10.5 in
Set of Twelve Minton Tiffany & Co. Cobalt Blue & Gold Gilt Service/Dinner Plates
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Set of twelve Minton Tiffany & Co. cobalt blue and gold gilt service or dinner plates Dimensions: 10.5 inches.
Porcelain
Ansley China, Georgian Cobalt Pattern with Encrusted Gold, Service for 16
By John Aynsley
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Ansley China, Georgian Cobalt pattern with cobalt blue band & gold encrusted band. Includes 112 pieces: 16 dinner plates, 16 salad plates, 16 bread & butter plates, 16 cream soup bow...
Porcelain
Estate American "Tiffany & Co." 80-Piece Porcelain Dinner Service, circa 1950s
Located in New Orleans, LA
Estate American "Tiffany & Co." 80-Piece cobalt, cream & gold Porcelain dinner service for 8, Circa 1950's.
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
Sold
H 5.5 in Dm 10.5 in
Coalport English Cobalt Blue Gold Raised Encrusted Dinner Service Set 12 Plates
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Coalport English Cobalt Blue & Raised Encrusted Gold Gilt Set Of 12 Dinner / Service Plates In Very Good Unused Condition.1650
Porcelain
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H 1 in Dm 10.25 in
Wonderful 12 Spode English Fine Porcelain Dinner Service Plates Cobalt Blue Gold
By Copeland Spode
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful set Of 12 Spode Copeland's English fine porcelain dinner service plates with urns set in a cobalt blue & gold border on a white base.
Porcelain
Set of Eight Gold and Cobalt Blue Service Plates Czec
By Royal Doulton
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Set of eight gold and cobalt blue service/dinner plates Royal Doulton, circa 1900-1920.
Porcelain
Set of 6 Cobalt Blue and Gold Encrusted Service Plates
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of 6 regal heavy gold and cobalt blue service plates. The outer broad band with cobalt band over white European porcelain with a central medallion depicting 18th century style ...
Porcelain
Set of 12 Minton Tiffany & Co. Cobalt Blue and Gold Gilt Service Plates
By Minton
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Set of 12 Minton Tiffany & Co. cobalt blue and gold gilt service plates. These plates have raised gilt borders over a rich cobalt blue background, made exclusively for Tiffany.
Porcelain
Sold
H 0.75 in Dm 10.5 in
Set of Twelve Gold Gilt and Cobalt Service Plates BWM & Co. for Gillman, NYC
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Set of twelve gold gilt and cobalt service plates BWM & Co for Gillman, NYC, the cobalt band highlighted by gold with a central starburst medallion. In very good original condition,...
Porcelain
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H 0.5 in Dm 8.75 in
Antique English Cobalt Blue and Hand-Painted Dessert Service w Compotes 18 Piece
By William Adderley
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elaborate and wonderful dessert service by a storied English porcelain firm: Adderly. Rich cobalt blue edges and cartouches, hand decorated 24-karat gilt throughout and hand-paint...
Gold
$39,057
H 8.67 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Italian Sterling Silver Chess Board, Chess Game, Sodalite Marble
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Impressive sterling silver chess board medieval style chess set. The chess board, made by ARVAL ARGENTI VALENZA, was made in white marble and sodalite is supported by a STERLING SIL...
Marble, Sterling Silver
George Nakashima 'Cluster Base' Table with Live-Edge Top
By George Nakashima Studio, George Nakashima
Located in Waalwijk, NL
George Nakashima for George Nakashima Studio, 'Cluster Base' table, American black walnut, United States, 1987 This Cluster Base table by George Nakashima exemplifies the designer’s...
Walnut
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
Complete Set of Four Meissen Elements Ewers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tarzana, CA
This extremely important set of Meissen ewers represents the Four Elements: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. Impressive in both size and artistry, they are among the most famous and spect...
Porcelain
$309,818 / set
H 75 in Dm 29 in
Monumental Pair of Louis XV Style Ormolu and Crystal Girandoles by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in London, GB
A magnificent pair of Louis XV style Ormolu and crystal girandoles Probably by Baccarat Constructed from finely cast and chased ormolu, the imposing floor candelabra—almost 2-me...
Crystal, Ormolu
$1,153Sale Price|48% Off
H 15.75 in W 15.16 in D 8.67 in
Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful small tabernacle that once graced a church altar. Beautiful original silverleaf and faux marble paint. weathered, small losses. Italy circa 1780
Wood
$6,500
H 54.5 in W 35 in D 18 in
Antique French Louis XV Vanity Table with Gilt Bronze Mounts/Porcelain Cameos
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional French vanity table with gilt bronze mounts and inlaid porcelain plates in the Sevres style having a ground of celeste blue. Painted with a floral motif. The mirrored ba...
Walnut
Fabergé Style Bejewelled and Enamelled Gold Egg by Asprey
By Asprey International Limited, Garrard & Co. Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This exceptional, 18 carat gold Easter egg was crafted by the famous London-based royal jewellers, Asprey & Co. The piece was then retailed by Garrard & Co, who once worked i...
Gold
20-Piece Coffee Service Jacobean Pattern By W. H. Grindley & Co.
By W. H. Grindley & Co.
Located in Worcester Park, GB
This beautifully preserved vintage coffee service by W.H. Grindley & Co. stands out for its charming countryside motif, meticulous transferware detailing, and full, coordinated s...
Earthenware
$12,782
H 29.73 in W 22.84 in D 22.05 in
Neoclassical Empire Early 19th Century Mahogany Desk Armchair
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An unusual North European mahogany desk armchair with original brass castors. Fully carved armrests with eagle heads, the design probably by a designer from Berlin or Copenhagen (e.g...
Brass
$100,603
H 101.19 in W 137.8 in D 19.3 in
19th Century Walnut Pair of Bookcases Boiserie de Bibliothèque
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A rare pair of heliocodal French Directoire library bookcases in solid walnut. This type of bookcases is also known as 'boiseries de Bibliothèque' as they often, together with pannel...
Walnut
Early Tiffany Sterling Silver Greek Revival Classical Kylix Compote
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
This magnificent Greek Revival sterling silver footed bowl, crafted by the renowned silversmiths Grosjean & Woodward for Tiffany & Co., epitomizes the grandeur of 19th-century Americ...
Sterling Silver
$895 / set
H 2.13 in W 1.38 in D 1.38 in
Pair of Signed, Boxed Asprey & Garrard Sterling Silver Salt & Pepper Shakers
By Asprey & Garrard Limited
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of signed English silver salt and pepper shakers. By Asprey & Garrard. In sterling silver. Each in a Queen Anne pear form with 3 cabriole feet. Fully hallmarked to th...
Sterling Silver
$34,915
H 177.17 in W 212.6 in D 192.92 in
Exclusive Oak Staircase with Carving and Balustrade 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
This is a very beautiful unique stairs. It is hand carved and comes out of a mansion Near Paris, France.
Oak
Meissen Porcelain Mirror
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lavish Meissen porcelain serves as the extraordinary frame for this mirror. Exquisitely hand-painted in polychrome with gilt accents, the bountiful frame is adorned with all manner o...
Porcelain, Mirror
1934 René Lalique - Art Deco Vase Actinia Glass with Blue Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Vase "Actinia" made in frosted glass with blue patina by René Lalique in 1934. Stamped signature. Perfect condition. Superb patina. height: 22 cm Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique - C...
Blown Glass
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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