Minton Dinner Service
Vintage 1940s English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century British Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates
Paste, Porcelain
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1830s English Rococo Revival Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates
Enamel, Gold
Antique 1890s English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1840s English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Tableware
Gold
Antique 1830s English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English International Style Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
Vintage 1980s English Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
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Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Antique 1890s English Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
Antique 1880s English Late Victorian Platters and Serveware
Earthenware
20th Century British Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1840s English Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1850s English Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century European Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates
20th Century English Regency Tableware
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Other Serving Pieces
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Platters and Serveware
Other
Vintage 1950s English Neoclassical Porcelain
Ceramic
Vintage 1940s English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s British Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Gold
20th Century English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Vintage 1950s British Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Vintage 1960s English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century British Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century English Dinner Plates
Early 20th Century English Regency Revival Dinner Plates
Porcelain
English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
English Dinner Plates
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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.













