$21,500 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 9 in
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
$68,500 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 10.75 in
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
Sold
H 0.5 in Dm 10.5 in L 0.5 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
Red Coral Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture red coral handcrafted sculpture with more than 800 red cabochons hand-placed. With structure and base in solid brass gold-plated 24-karat. Exceptional piece in limited ed...
Coral, Gold Plate, Brass
Haviland Limoges Vieux Paris Green Set of Cup and Saucer
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage set of cup and saucer features Vieux Paris decor in green colorway on thin, semi-translucent porcelain. The pattern consists of cornflowers in blue, purple and gold colors, ...
Porcelain, Ceramic
$1,187Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.49 in W 5.12 in D 2.37 in
Antique Personal Diary Repository, Scottish, Brass, Keepsake Case, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a fine antique personal diary repository, originating from Scotland during the Victorian period, circa 1870. This striking book form keepsake case showcases the craftsmanship...
Brass
$306,181 / 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
$1,200
H 22.75 in Dm 7.25 in
Antique Tiffany Style Stained Art Glass Pink Floral Leaded Slag Table Lamp 23"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique mid to early 20th century two-light aluminum-based table lamp with a unique Tiffany-style stained glass shade featuring an off-white lattice / grid trimmed with drooping leav...
Metal
$476
H 8.27 in W 18.51 in D 12.21 in
Vintage Large Blue & White Porcelain Planter Jardiniere 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a delightful and decorative vintage blue and white ironstone china planter which will look fabulous with plants and flowers but is also ideal for keeping newspapers and magaz...
Porcelain
The White Peacock
By Jessie Arms Botke
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jessie Arms Botke. "The White Peacock" is a wildlife impressionist painting, oil on canvas in a palette of whites, blues, and browns by female, American artist Jessie A...
Canvas, Oil
Italian Venetian Grotto Carved Seashell Rocker
By Pauly & Co.
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) silver gilt rocker with carved seashell seat & back and seahorse sides (att: Pauly et Cie, Venice)
Silver Leaf
$2,750
H 15.5 in W 1.19 in D 0.57 in
Antique Chinese Carved Amethyst Peach Pendant 14K Gold Natural Pearl Necklace
Located in New York, NY
Exquisitely carved antique Chinese amethyst peach amulet pendant on 14K yellow gold, natural pearl and faceted amethyst long chain necklace 19th Century Qing Dynasty This beautiful a...
Amethyst, Gold
$1,375
H 7.25 in W 5 in D 5 in
Antique Rookwood 1929 XXIX Jens Jensen Vellum Matte Glaze Vase Urn 7.25"
By Rookwood Pottery Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Rookwood Jens Jensen matte glaze floral theme mantel vase or urn. Marked 1929 XXIX on base with shape 604 DD, signed with encircled J with wings. Jens Jacob Herring Krug Je...
Pottery
$1,192Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 7.09 in Dm 3.35 in
Set of 6 Bohemian Cobalt Blue Overlay Crystal Goblets
By Bohemia Crystal
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite set of six crystal goblets showcases the finest craftsmanship of Bohemian glassmaking. Each piece is meticulously crafted in deep cobalt blue overlay crystal, intricat...
Crystal
massive Chinese jade/stone flower tree in cloisonné base
Located in New York, NY
tall wooden stand/pedestal shown in pictures is not included with this item; flower tree only (not including wooden stand): 43in(H)
Stone, Agate, Jade, Metal, Enamel
$38,818
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
Early 19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A large scale early 19th Century French Aubusson Verdure tapestry, portraying a lush idyllic landscape with two large mature trees to each side framing the view with their wonderful ...
Tapestry
$95,000
H 21.5 in W 94 in D 27 in
Excellent Quality 19th Century Gilt Bronze Surtout De Table on Low Stands
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Excellent Quality Mid 19th Century Gilt Bronze Four Piece Surtout De Table on Low Stands This wonderful plateau cast with a grapevine bronze gallery, centered with a mirror base,...
Bronze, Ormolu
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
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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