French Gien Turquoise Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous Mid-Century French Gien turquoise aqua blue-green glazed oyster plate, fluted at the edges.
Majolica
French Gien Turquoise Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous Mid-Century French Gien turquoise aqua blue-green glazed oyster plate, fluted at the edges.
Majolica
French Gien Turquoise Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous Mid-Century French Gien turquoise aqua blue-green glazed oyster plate, fluted at the edges.
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Pink and Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien.
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Pink and Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien.
Majolica, Ceramic
$100
H 1 in Dm 9.75 in
Estate French Faience Gien Co. Mossy Green & High Glaze Oyster Plate, Circa 1960
Located in New Orleans, LA
Estate French Faience Porcelain Oyster Plate Signed "Gien Co.", Circa 1960's. Hand-Painted in Colors of Moss Green and Umber with a Beautiful High Glaze.
Porcelain
Aqua Majolica Oyster Plate Gien, circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate signed Gien, circa 1950.
Ceramic
Aqua Majolica Oyster Plate Gien, circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate signed Gien, circa 1950.
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Pink and Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien.
Ceramic, Majolica
Estate French Gien Porcelain Oyster Plate, circa 1950s
Located in New Orleans, LA
Estate French Gien porcelain oyster plate, circa 1950s.
French Gien Turquoise Majolica Oyster Plate
By Gien
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous mid-century French Gien turquoise oyster plate, fluted at the edges, circa 1960.
Majolica
Green Majolica Oyster Plate Gien Circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Oyster Plate signed Gien, circa 1950. 6 plates are available.
Ceramic, Faience
Aqua Majolica Oyster Plate Gien, circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate signed Gien, circa 1950. 8 plates are available.
Ceramic, Faience
Aqua Majolica Oyster Plate Gien, circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate signed Gien, circa 1950.
Ceramic
Aqua Majolica Oyster Plate Gien, circa 1950
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate signed Gien, circa 1950.
Ceramic
19th Majolica Pink & Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors , shells and seaweeds signed Gien.
Majolica
Set of Six Vintage Gien White Oyster Plates
By Gien
Located in New York, NY
Set of six vintage Gien white oyster plates. All-white plates with six deep scalloped impressions around centre sauce for serving up oysters or other seafare.
19th Century Majolica Pink & Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien.
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Pink and Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien. 2 plates available.
Majolica
19th Century Majolica Pink and Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien.
Ceramic, Majolica
French Oyster Plates
By Gien
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of six oyster plates. Bottom stamp reads, "Gien, France."
Ceramic
French Majolica Oyster Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890
By Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate Sarreguemines, circa 1890. 6 Shells and space for the lemon on the center.
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Fish Heads Oyster Plate Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica fish heads oyster plate from North of France (Onnaing unsigned). Reference: Page 130 "Collecting oysters plates" of J. Snyder.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Palissy Fishs Heads Oyster Plate
By Thomas Victor Sergent
Located in Austin, TX
A very rare Palissy oyster plate or platter who represents twelve fish heads shells, circa 1880. Attribution to the School of Paris, a French group of ceramists inspired by Bernard P...
Majolica, Ceramic
Majolica Oyster Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1870
By Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate Sarreguemines, circa 1870. 6 Shells and space for the lemon on the center. Older model.
Ceramic
$1,792Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 1.58 in Dm 13.39 in
Set of 12 Majolica Oyster Plates with Matching Server, 19th Century
By Longchamp
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This striking set comprises twelve majolica oyster plates and one large matching serving platter, beautifully crafted in the style of Longchamp, France. Each plate features a vivid g...
Faience, Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Haviland Limoges Turkey Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French Limoges porcelain turkey oyster plate with five white wells and brown shells on cranberry ground. Decorated with delicate hand-painted gilt branches and gilt tr...
Porcelain
19th Century Majolica Aqua Shell Oyster Platter Sarreguemines
By Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Oversize 19th Century Majolica turquoise aqua oyster platter signed Sarreguemines. The platter have 12 shells between rope pattern and seaweeds.
Ceramic, Majolica
$1,150
H 1 in Dm 9 in
Antique English Minton Majolica Pink with Blue Porcelain Oyster Plate Circa 1865
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare Antique English Minton Majolica Pink with Blue Porcelain Oyster Plate, Circa 1865. Molded Seashell Design
Majolica, Porcelain
$433
H 1.15 in Dm 9.45 in
19th Century Sarreguemines Majolica Seaweed and Shell Barbotine Oyster Plate
By Sarreguemines
Located in London, GB
Creating a wonderful display for Oysters or sea food this French Majolica oyster plate in lustrous deep colouring, but the well thought of maker Sarreguemines, circa 1890. Six scall...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Majolica Oyster Plate by Minton 1876 Turquoise
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
Majolica oyster plate by the English manufactory Minton. Lovely turquoise color with iridescent green tones on the middle of the plate. Decorated with refined shells, perfect to evok...
Majolica
$995Sale Price|20% Off
H 2.5 in W 13 in D 11 in
Antique Majolica French Orchies Handled Oyster Platter, circa 1900
By Orchies
Located in Pearland, TX
A rare large French Orchies majolica turquoise / teal / aqua blue green oyster plate platter with handle, circa 1900. Maker's mark on reverse. This stunning oyster platter is a nice ...
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Fish Heads Oyster Plate Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica fish heads oyster plate from North of France (Onnaing unsigned). Reference: Page 130 "Collecting oysters plates" of J. Snyder.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Chocolate Oyster Plate Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica chocolate oyster plate with green seaweeds Luneville. Reference: Page 43 "Oyster plates" of J. Karsnitz.
Ceramic, Majolica
Austrian Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large unusual Austrian Majolica oyster plate, circa 1880.
Ceramic, Faience
French Majolica Oyster Plate Russian Imperial Eagle, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica oyster plate called Russian imperial eagle, circa 1890. Reference / page 132 "Oyster Plates" of Jeffrey B. Snyder.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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.