Dinner Plates
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze, Copper
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1840s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s American Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
1840s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1820s Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s French Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass, Glass
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1920s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American American Colonial Dinner Plates
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1810s English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
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.