French 19th Century Longchamp Majolica Oyster Plate with Painted Floral Décor
By Longchamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Longchamp Terre de Fer Majolica oyster plates from the late 19th century, with flowers and pink outline. We currently have 6 plates available, priced and sold individually. Al...
Majolica
Scottish Ironstone Chinoiserie Landscape & Floral Divided Chop Grill Plates, S/8
By J. Marshall & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Larger and heavier than a standard dinner sized plate. The pattern is named ‘Bosphorus,’ inspired by a region near Istanbul, Turkey.
Ironstone
Antique English Porcelain Dessert Plates Set of 8 Hand Painted Hexagonal Floral
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
This set of eight antique English porcelain dessert plates combines an unusual hexagonal form with beautiful individual hand-painted floral bouquets. Made by Coalport circa 1825, eac...
Porcelain
Set of 4 Mexican Wooden Plates with Hand-Painted Floral Design
Located in Munich, DE
A set of 4 beautifully crafted Mexican wooden plates featuring black bases and vibrant hand-painted flowers. These pieces combine traditional craftsmanship with colorful artistry, pe...
Wood
Cantagalli Italian Majolica Hand Painted Reticulate Edge Floral Plates, set of 6
By Cantagalli
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From The Cantagalli Pottery in Florence, Italy, a set of six hand painted reticulated earthenware plates, showing the Crowing Rooster mark used in the early 20th Century. Beautiful...
Earthenware
Eight French Quimper 19th Century HB Manufacture Oyster Plates with Floral Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eight French 19th century hand painted faïence oyster plates from Quimper from the HB manufacture presenting a floral décor, priced and sold individually. Born in the exquisite area ...
Faience
English 19th Century Transfer Blue and White Plates with Ruins and Floral Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
Six English blue and white transferware dinner plates from the 19th century, with classical ruins and floral motifs, sold individually.
Ceramic
French Napoléon III Porcelain de Paris Plates with Floral Décor, Sold Separately
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Napoléon III period Porcelaine de Paris plates from the late 19th century, with floral décor. The plates are sold individually $145 each, the large platter is priced $225. Cre...
Porcelain
Antique English Floral Dishes Set of Tall and Short Tazzas and Dessert Plates
Located in Toronto, ON
This magnificent English antique dessert set, circa 1850, is a true celebration of fine craftsmanship and timeless elegance. Beautifully hand-printed and gilded with an intricate flo...
Porcelain
Antique Set of 11 Floral Gilded Side Plates for Ovington's Brothers, New York
By Hammersley
Located in Toronto, ON
An antique set of 11 Ovington Brothers dessert plates made by Hammersley & Co, England. Beautifully gilded gold pattern with floral design.
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Ming Porcelain Floral Plate Rare Design Marked Base, 17th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
The dish has rounded sides moulded with waved panels and lobed rims. The dish is painted with a central roundel of a spray of peony enclosed by a reserve-decorated border showing two...
Porcelain
Rare Heinrich & Co. Selb Floral Gold Encrusted Service Cabinet Plates Set of 11
Located in Miami Beach, FL
H&Co, Heinrich & Co., Selb, Bavaria, Germany, circa 1930-1939. (Source: Marks on German, Bohemian, and Austrian Porcelain, by Rontgen, page 156). Though not marked Pickard, it appear...
Porcelain
Set of 11 Vintage Swedish Glass Floral Plates by Ann Wärff for Kosta Boda
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Swedish Glass Floral Plates by Ann Wärff for Kosta Boda, Set of 11 large 25 cm/2,5 cm small 18 cm/2 cm Official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs, designer reco...
Glass
Pair of Antique Old or Vieux Paris Gilt Porcelain & Floral Plates by P A Hannong
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique French porcelain plates. In old Paris or vieux paris porcelain. By the Paris porcelain manufactory of Peter Anton Hannong. With a scalloped border, gilt ri...
Porcelain
Antique Wedgwood Creamware Floral Banded Part Service
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Antique Wedgwood creamware floral banded part service. Set of English creamware dishes comprising two large round serving plates, one shaped serving bowl, eight 9” plates, six medium...
Creamware
Chinese porcelain dish with blue floral motifs, China 19th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
An elegant 19th-century Chinese porcelain plate, decorated in underglaze blue on a white ground. The central design features a refined array of stylized floral and plant motifs, acco...
Porcelain
Pair of Art Nouveau Jugs Floral Decoration
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pair of Art Nouveau jugs floral decoration Origin France circa 1900 natural wear illegible signature. Art nouveau, modernist art or modernism was an international artistic and decora...
Bronze
$2,120Sale Price / set|20% Off
Sarreguemines Palmyre Green Floral French Antique Dinnerware Set – 26 pieces
By Sarreguemines
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This is a rare opportunity to own a complete service with a pedestal serving bowl, soup plates, dessert and dinner plates, and matching serving dishes in this iconic and collectible ...
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
Antique Set of 10 Blue Floral Limoges Dishes for J.E. Caldwell
By J.E. Caldwell & Co., Limoges
Located in Toronto, ON
A gorgeous set of 10 antique Limgoes blue floral and gilt dinner plates made for J.E. Caldwell.
Porcelain
Vintage Regency Baronet Bavaria Czechoslovakia Floral China - Set of 10
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infuse your dining experience with timeless European elegance using this set of 8 Vintage Regency Baronet Bavaria Czechoslovakia Floral China plates. Each plate features a vibrant ha...
Porcelain
Mason's Patent Ironstone "Manchu" Stew bowls, porcelain pink white floral, 1900
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Worcester Park, GB
This exquisite set features 9 Mason’s Patent Ironstone “Manchu” stew bowls, crafted in the late 1800s. Each bowl measures 9 inches in diameter and showcases a delicate pink-and-white...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Vintage Booth's Brocade Dinnerware Set of 6, Floral Motifs, Gilt, England, 1940
By Booth's
Located in Worcester Park, GB
This lovely set of 6 dinnerware consists of three vintage stew bowls, one gravy boat and two platters. It is made by Booths of England in the sought-after Brocade pattern. Each piece...
Ceramic
12 Cauldon Hand Painted Signed G Rowley Ornate Exotic Bird & Floral Desserts
By Brown, Westhead & Moore/Cauldon
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Turquoise is in! This set of 12 hand painted and artist signed dessert plates are presented with a piecrust border, trimmed in gold and highlighted with a band of turquoise enamel. T...
Porcelain
Raija Uosikkinen for Arabia, 10 Rare Pitsi Dinner Plates with Floral Decoration
Located in København, Copenhagen
Raija Uosikkinen for Arabia. 10 rare Pitsi dinner plates with floral decoration. Dated 1967-1974.
Porcelain
Ralph Lauren Home Hampton Floral Dishes ~ 12 Place Settings Set
By Ralph Lauren, Wedgewood
Located in New York, NY
Each setting includes 12 (twelve) of the following pieces: 12 Dinner plates 12 Salad plates 12 Bread plates 12 Cups 12 Saucers
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.
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