12 Royal Doulton "Powder Blue" W/ Raised Gold Dinner Plates
By Royal Doulton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
These aren't the typical set of dinner plates from Royal Doulton. This set of 12 are decorated with thick raised paste gold over a "lapis lazuli" type of decoration which distinguish...
Porcelain
Set of 12 Royal Doulton Scenic Hand-Painted Artist Signed Garden Plates W/ Gold
By Royal Doulton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Royal Doulton dinner or cabinet plates is hand-painted with landscape and garden scenes in a bright vibrant palette.
Porcelain
Fine Royal Doulton Service 12 English Raised Gold Gilt Encrusted Dinner Plates
By Royal Daulton
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Service Of Royal Doulton 12 Antique English Raised Gold Gilt Encrusted Service / Dinner Plates.
Porcelain
12 Antique English Cobalt Blue & Raised Gold Dinner Plates. Exquisite
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic and elegant pattern by one of the greatest Gilded Age Table Top makers Royal Doulton of England. This set of 12 plates feature their Robert Allen shape with a detailed rais...
Gold, Enamel
12 Antique English Cobalt Blue & Raised Gold Dinner Plates Circa 1915
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic and elegant set of dinner plates by one of our favorite Gilded Age factories of Royal Doulton, England. This set features their Robert Allen designed shape and has cartouch...
Gold, Enamel
$9,950Sale Price / set|20% Off
Magnificent Set of 12 Orchid Presentation Plates, Ornate and Elaborately Gilded
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
One of the prettiest sets of Antique English plates custom, from Royal Doulton. These feature their Classic shaped edge, raised gilding on the shoulders and exquisitely hand-painted ...
24k Gold
China Plates Porcelian Dinner Ware Set of Antique Royal Doulton Vanborough 1970s
Located in Wembley, GB
The Royal Doulton Carlyle (pattern H4992) is a sophisticated and highly recognizable china pattern featuring a rich teal or green border with a blue and gold floral motif.
Gold
Set of 10 Antique English Royal Doulton Red and Gold Porcelain Game Birds Plates
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 10 antique English "Royal Doulton" red and gold porcelain game birds service plates, circa 1880-1890.
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 1 in Dm 10.5 in
Set of Twelve Royal Doulton Dinner Plates with Raised Gold Arabesque Decoration
By Royal Doulton
Located in Boston, MA
This is a stunning set of twelve Royal Doulton dinner plates with a fluted border and raised gilded arabesque decoration. They were made in 1905 exclusively for Gilman Collamore in N...
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 0.19 in Dm 7 in
Ovington’s New York Gold Encrusted Royal Doulton Teal on White Dessert Plates
By Ovington Brother At New York, Royal Doulton
Located in South Newfane, VT
This set of 12 unique gold encrusted Royal Doulton teal-on-white dessert plates were customized for Ovington’s of New York, renowned provider in the 19th century of the finest in Chi...
Gold
12 Antique Royal Doulton Hand Painted Fish Plates
By Royal Doulton
Located in New York, NY
George Birbeck was a Royal Doulton artist who specialized in fish and game plates.
Gold Leaf
12 Royal Doulton Hand Painted and Heavily Gilded Fish Plates
By Royal Doulton
Located in New York, NY
Here are a pristine set of heavily gilded nautical plates depicting game fish in their natural environment. Each plate features three panels hand painted with vignettes of fish in a ...
Gold Leaf
Set of 12 Royal Doulton Hand Painted Dinner Plates, Raised Gold
By Royal Doulton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This gorgeous set of 12 Royal Doulton dinner plates exhibit the fine and lost art of hand painted decoration.
16 Royal Doulton Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates, Raised Paste Gold Rose Medallions
By Royal Doulton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A set of 16 Royal Doulton cobalt blue border dinner plates with exquisite raised paste gold roses, embellishing the deep cobalt borders.
Gold
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H 0.5 in W 8 in L 0.5 in
12 Royal Doulton Hand Painted Square Dessert Plates, Signed Curnock, Raised Gold
By Royal Doulton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is another wonderful example of my exceptional English porcelain offerings, by Royal Doulton. The centers feature various romantically arranged floral subjects with an Impressio...
Porcelain
12 Antique Dinner Plates with Raised Gold on Pink, Royal Doulton, England
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very pretty set of antique plates with a slightly scalloped shape and nice detailed raised paste gilding on the pink collar of the plate. Hall marked and dated circa 1920s with a n...
Gold
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H 0.5 in Dm 10.5 in L 0.5 in
12 Royal Doulton Powder Blue Japonesque Dinner Plates with Black & Gold Enamel
By Royal Doulton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Royal Doulton capture the essence of the Japonism decorative elements with the Aesthetic Movement motif. Five reserves encircle the border with black and gold enamels ...
Porcelain
Twelve Heavy Gold & Green Dinner Plates, Antique English Circa 1910
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Another beautiful set of 12 dinner plates by Royal Doulton of England. This set features the classic Robert Allen shape and beautiful raised gilding on a vibrant green collar. Double...
Gold, Enamel
14 Pink Dinner Plates with Elaborate Raised Gilding, Antique English
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite set of dinner plates by one of our favorite Gilded Age Porcelain firms, Royal Doulton England. This generous set of 14 feature fine and ornate raised paste gilding on a ...
Gold, Enamel
12 Elegant and Elaborate Heavy Gilt Encrusted Dinner or Presentation Plates
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fantastic set of antique Royal Doulton, England Plates. One of their classic shapes with super raised tooled gilding on a generous portion of the plate to create a stunning present...
Gold
12 Custom Heavily Gilt Encrusted Game Bird Plates, Antique English
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
These rare and exquisite signed game bird plates were made for Davis Collamore & Co Ltd. by Royal Doulton, circa 1910. They were hand-painted by Joseph Birbeck ,Sr. who was from ...
Gold
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H 1 in Dm 9 in L 1 in
12 Exquisite Turquoise Gilt Encrusted Dessert Plates, Antique English circa 1910
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional set of vibrant plates by Royal Doulton, England. These antique plates, circa 1910 feature a turquoise almost cerulean colored cartouche in their collars. Surrounded by...
Gold, Enamel
12 Antique English Raised Gilt Encrusted Salad or Dessert Plates, Circa 1910
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
These plates feature a crisp white background and are also trimmed in 24 karat gold.
Gold
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H 0.75 in Dm 10.25 in
12 Stunning Cobalt Blue Gilt Encrusted Dinner or Presentation Plates, Medallion
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
We love the shaped gadroon edge on these handsome antique Royal Doulton Plates. A great center gilt medallion and nice raised tooled gold on their cobalt shoulders.
Gold
12 Exquisite Pink and Heavily Gilded Dessert or Salad Plates, Antique English
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Retailed through Tiffany, here is one of our favorite sets of antique plates by Royal Doulton featuring their Classic shape. Detailed urn and floral raised paste gilding on a soft an...
Gold
Set of 12 Orange and Heavily Gilded Service or Presentation Plates, Antique
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vibrant and unique set of 12 plates by Royal Doulton, England. Raised and designed with a lavishly heavy hand tooled gilding technique on a hard to find orange ground. A Classic Ro...
Gold
Set of 13 Antique English Dinner Plates circa 1910, Raised Gilding on Pink
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pretty set of pink and raised gilt dinner plates, a set of 13 with one extra. This set features a collar of pink and light cream swirl pattern with finely detailed gilding in an ur...
Gold, Enamel
12 Exquisite and Elaborate Cobalt Blue and Gilt Dessert or Salad Plates
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and highly decorated set of antique plates featuring lots of raised tooled gilding on a Classic Robert Allen shaped plate with crisp vibrant cobalt blue shoulders. Cust...
22k Gold
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H 1 in Dm 10.7 in
12 Gilt Encrusted Antique Dinner Plates, Rare 2 Color Green with, England C 1910
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An unique two colorway pattern of light and dark green, with a profuse amount of raised tooled gilding on their collars. A nice clear center for use. The classic Robert Allen shape a...
Gold, Enamel
Eight Antique English Soup Bowls, Intricate Gilt Design on Rim
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Classic and elegant set of rimmed soup bowls, the always needed place setting piece. An elaborate but delicate gold design surround on the shoulder of the plate with small gold jew...
Gold
Antique English Castle Plate, Artist Signed "Hurstmonceaux"
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisitely fully painted porcelain plate for wall or cabinet display hand-painted by Charles Hart for Royal Doulton, England. Herstmonceux / Hurstmonceaux is a regal 15th century...
Gold, Enamel
12 Antique Dinner Plates, Red and Gold by Royal Doulton, England
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A great set of regal ruby red and gilt foliate designed dinner plates with a vibrant collar. Royal Doulton's Classic shaped dinner plate and trimmed with 24 karat acid etched gold ba...
Gold
12 Royal Doulton Rose Pink Dessert Plates With Raised Paste Gold Decoration
By Royal Doulton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Royal Doulton dessert plates were custom ordered from Ovington's, circa 1920s.
Porcelain
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H 1 in Dm 10.5 in
Pair of Exquisite Cabinet Plates, Antique Royal Doulton England, Gilt Encrusted
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine and rare pair of turn of the 20th century Antique English Edwardian Royal Doulton Porcelain cabinet plates. This pair features heavily gilded borders and footring as well as t...
Gold, Enamel
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H 0.75 in Dm 10.5 in
12 Royal Doulton Apple Green Dinner Plates with Raised Paste Gold & Shaped Rims
By Royal Doulton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a stunning set of 12 Royal Doulton dinner plates in a rare color of apple green with raised paste gold panels and acid etched gold surrounding white centers.
Porcelain
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H 0.75 in Dm 10.2 in
12 Antique Dinner Plates, Royal Doulton England, Nice Shape, Soft Green & Gilt
By Royal Doulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Another classic set of antique English dinner plates by Royal Doulton, England. These feature a Robert Allen designed shape and pattern. Hand-painted florals with highlights of raise...
Gold, Enamel
The redoubtable British ceramics maker Royal Doulton has long embraced popular tastes and enjoys a devoted following among aficionados of English pottery. Some are drawn to the company’s intricately decorated bone china dinner services; others are passionate collectors of Royal Doulton’s artfully hand-painted figurines, vases and bowls.
When founded by John Doulton, Martha Jones and John Watts in 1815, in the Lambeth section of suburban London, the manufacturer produced bottles and other storage containers and even sewer pipes in stoneware, a cheap but durable cousin of porcelain. Amid the Victorian era’s rising concern for hygiene, food safety and sanitation, the company flourished. During the late 1850s — having rebranded as Doulton & Watts and then Doulton and Co. — the firm was colloquially referred to as Doulton Ware. And in the late 1870s, it expanded its business into the applied arts.
The firm took over a factory in Staffordshire, in northern England — the traditional home of British ceramics manufacturing — to produce tableware. Around the same time, Doulton opened an art pottery studio in Lambeth, where vases, urns and other forms were decorated with painted scenic images, flowers or historical motifs.
Taking a cue from the venerable Meissen porcelain workshops in Germany, Doulton artisans began crafting figurines modeled on characters from literature and theater. The firm also helped popularize Toby Jugs and other “character mugs” — handled cups shaped as the heads of figures from folklore and popular culture. Doulton purchased a factory in Burslem in 1882, and King Edward VII granted the factory his Royal Warrant in 1901.
Royal Doulton china will always make an elegant yet not-too-formal appearance in a traditional table setting. Prices for dinner services vary according to size, age and condition, but generally range from $2,000 to $15,000.
Authentic Royal Doulton art pottery might be used by some as a bright decorative note; others collect the company’s figurines with the same interest and dedication as stamp and coin enthusiasts. A typical Toby Jug might fetch $50, while very rare figurines can sell for $7,000. Most of the finest Royal Doulton art pottery pieces sell for around $500.
As you will see on these pages, few decorative-arts companies are as aesthetically and stylistically diverse as Royal Doulton. The firm truly offers something for everyone.
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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.