Sicilian Plates
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Decorative Bowls
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Balkan Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Pottery
Ceramic
Vintage 1970s Italian Ceramics
Ceramic
Antique Late 18th Century Sicilian Louis XVI Torchères
Silver Plate
Antique 19th Century Sicilian Baroque Revival Wall Mirrors
Silver Plate
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
Clay
2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
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Antique Early 1800s Italian Louis XV Console Tables
Giltwood
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Antique 1890s British Aesthetic Movement Vases
Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Brass
Antique Early 1900s Italian Side Tables
Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
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Antique Early 1800s French French Provincial Dining Room Tables
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Antique Late 19th Century Hungarian Bookcases
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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sofas
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
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20th Century French Country Dining Room Tables
Oak
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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.