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Drabware Plate

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Set of 7 Drabware Plates with Gilt Borders
Located in Stamford, CT
A set of Drabware plates presumed to be English.
Category

Antique 1810s English Regency Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Fourteen Drabware Plates Made in England, circa 1840
Located in Katonah, NY
WHY WE LOVE IT: Often less is more. We are pleased to present this set of fourteen drabware plates
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

Set of Six Dishes: Neoclassical Ridgway Drabware Dishes
By Ridgway Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
Each drabware plate is impressed with a raised design of palmettes around a central rondel. A wide
Category

Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Wedgwood Drabware Part Dessert Service
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
A Wedgwood Drabware part dessert service painted with flowers in soft pastel colors of pink, yellow
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Romantic Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

A Dozen Ridgway Gray Drabware Dishes
Located in Katonah, NY
English drabware begins in the early 19th century, c1810. Unlike other pottery which starts with a
Category

Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates

Materials

Pottery

Set of Eight Antique Drabware Dishes
Located in Katonah, NY
A set of eight Drabware dishes decorated with molded grape leaves and grape vines colored with
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

Set of Ten Wedgwood Drabware Dishes Painted with Enamel Flowers
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
A very pretty set of ten Wedgwood Drabware dishes decorated with enamel flowers in sprigs of pink
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Romantic Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

Set of Wedgwood Dinner Plates and Salad Plates England Circa 1850
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
This delightful set of twenty plates consists of ten matching Wedgwood dinner and salad plates was
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

Wedgwood Drabware Dessert or Cheese Service
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Wedgwood drabware dessert or cheese service. Beautifully modelled set of six grape leaf plates and
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Serving Pieces

Drabware Set Pair of Square Dishes with Footed Cookie Plate England, Circa 1830
Located in Katonah, NY
This set of three drabware serving pieces was made by Ridgway in England circa 1830. Pressed in a
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Platters and Serveware

Materials

Stoneware

Wedgwood Early 19th Century Rare Complete Drabware Dessert with Gold Trim
By Wedgwood
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a superb, complete Wedgwood "drabware" botanical dessert service consisting of 12 round
Category

Antique 1830s English Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Ten Drabware Dinner Dishes
Located in Katonah, NY
The cafe au lait color of these drabware dishes is created using a dark clay. A clear glaze over
Category

Antique 1830s English Early Victorian Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

Set of Fifteen Drabware Dishes England, Circa 1830
Located in Katonah, NY
This set of fifteen drabware dishes has a rich earth tone color. Ridgway made these dishes in
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

19th Century Drabware Plates
Located in Atlanta, GA
The detail on these four English drabware plates is spectacular. Each plate pictures an historic
Category

Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates

Materials

Ironstone

Collection of (15) 19th Century English Drabware Plates, Unmarked
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of (15) 19th Century English Drabware Plates, Unmarked (8) Plates:8.25"DIAM X 1"T (4
Category

Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Set of '9' 19th Century English Drabware Plates Marked with Staffordshire Knot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of (9) 19th century English drabware plates marked with staffordshire knot 4.
Category

Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Twelve Ridgway Relief-Molded, Putty-Colored Drabware Dishes
Located in New York, NY
Drabware is named for its colored clay which results in a distinctive putty color when fired. The 8
Category

20th Century English Dinner Plates

Set of 12 English Drabware Dessert of Salad Plates
Located in Tacoma, WA
A set of 12 English Drabware Dessert or salad plates with crisp raised decoration of a central
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British Platters and Serveware

Materials

Pottery

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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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