Dinner Plates
1950s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Pottery
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Gold
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Art Deco Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1930s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Romantic Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1870s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s German Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
20th Century Portuguese Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s Belgian Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Italian Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Japonisme Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Faience
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1890s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s English Chinoiserie Vintage Dinner Plates
Ironstone
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1970s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Late 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1980s Mexican Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Silver
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Antique and Vintage Dinner Plates
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.