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Dinner Plates For Sale
Vintage Franciscan Desert Rose China 108 Pieces
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Classic Franciscan Ware Desert Rose China just in time for Easter and Spring. Large collection on 108 pieces to include:
12 Dinner Plate 10.5"
13 cof...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 11 Early Spode Ironstone Imari Dessert Dishes Made circa 1815
By Spode
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A set of 11 Imari style ironstone dessert dishes, made by Spode circa 1815.
Josiah Spode II began producing stone china in 1813 as an alternative to porcelain. Stone china, also kno...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ironstone
Set of Twelve Paris Exhibition Plates
Located in New York, NY
Set of twelve Paris Exhibition plates. Twelve Sarraguemines creamware souvenir plates from the Universal Exposition of 1889 in Paris Twelve different...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Creamware
Eight Flying Bird Plates by Davenport England Circa 1840
Located in Katonah, NY
A set of eight Davenport dinner platesin the Flying Bird pattern.
Six of the plates are 9.5" in diameter, and two measure 8.85" in diameter.
There is rubbing to the enamels, mainly...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ironstone
French Majolica Pink Daisy Plate Orchies, circa 1890
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica pink daisy plate Orchies, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Oriente Italiano Rubrum Set Of 4 Coasters by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
Set of 4 Rubrum Decorative Coasters from the Oriente Italiano Collection. These four red porcelain coasters, featuring intricate floral patterns. The gold trim enhances the beauty of...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Il Viaggio di Nettuno Set of 4 Bread Plates by Luke Edward Hall by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
This elegant set of four bread plates a vibrant dance of colors and a stunning combination of classic and modern aesthetics. Designed by Luke Edward Hall, these pieces in porcelain i...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Oriente Italiano Iris Set of 6 Dinner Plates by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
A superb addition to any elegant decor, this set of six dinner plates will imbue with delicate charm and timeless allure any special occasion. Part of the Oriente Italiano collection...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage French Faience Service Decorated with Fish, MFBA Pornic
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage French Faience Service Decorated with Fish,
Manufacture de Faïence de Quimper, Brittany, France,
MFBA Pornic,
Circa 1960.
A vintage French faience fourteen piece service ha...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
French Porcelain Oyster Plate Limoges Circa 1900
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
French Porcelain Oyster Plate Limoges Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Il Viaggio di Nettuno Moss Green Place Holder/Centerpiece by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by Luke Edward Hall's love of Greco-Roman mythology, the Viaggio di Nettuno collection represents a creative vision where classical dialogues with modern. A superb object of...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Majolica Oyster Plate Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica oyster plate with seaweeds Salins (East of France) circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Oriente Italiano Malachite Set of 6 Soup Plates by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
Stunning and poetically evocative of an exotic landscape, the decoration on this set of six soup bowls is part of the Oriente Italiano Collection. This decoration combines the use of...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Astronomici n.1 Decorative Plate by Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Milan, IT
This hand-decorated porcelain plate is adorned with exquisite zodiac designs, making this a true collector's item. Any minor discrepancies are the result of craftsmanship and attest ...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Oyster Plate Vieillard Bordeaux Service Nella
Located in Austin, TX
Very rare 19th Century Oyster Plate signed Vieillard Bordeaux service Nella.
Naturalist pattern plate with a bird, insects , carnations and others flowers.
Category
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Mitterteich Eternal Dinner Plates ; Set of 12
Located in Malibu, CA
Mid-century Bavarian dinner plates by Mitterteich in bright white with gold rim.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Doccia Porcelain Dinner Service
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A dinner service comprising six dinner dishes and six soup dishes made by the Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1750.
Italy was the site of Europ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Twelve Antique Pirkenhammer Porcelain Dinner Plates with Hand-Painted Fish
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Twelve antique Pirkenhammer porcelain dinner plates with hand-painted fish and gold decoration.
High quality, the early 1900s.
Diameter: 24.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Green Majolica Earthenware Sunflower Plates Set (15)
By Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
Wedgwood Pottery Green Majolica Sunflower Plates,
Aesthetic Movement,
Fifteen plates,
Circa 1860s
The Wedgwood majolica set of fifteen plates have a molded sunflower design within a...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
English Victorian Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
English Victorian Majolica oyster plate, circa 1890.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Strawberries & Grapes Plate Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Strawberries & Grapes Plate signed Wedgwood.
Diameter / 8.7 inches.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 8 French Green Majolica Leaves Plates Clairefontaine, circa 1890
By Clairefontaine
Located in Austin, TX
Set of 8 French Green Majolica Leaves Plate signed Clairefontaine, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French Majolica Parakeets Plate Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica plate two parakeets with oranges Salins, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Strawberries & Grapes Plate Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Strawberries & Grapes Plate signed Wedgwood.
Diameter / 8.7 inches.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
English Majolica Strawberry & Grapes Plate Wedgwood Circa 1930
By Wedgwood
Located in Austin, TX
English Majolica Strawberry & Grapes Plate Wedgwood Circa 1930.
White and pink.
8.8 inches.
Category
1930s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Blue & White Oyster Plate Wasmuel
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica blue & white oyster plate Wasmuel.
Reference / Page 48 "Oysters plates" of J. Karnitz.
Category
1880s Belgian Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
French Faience Oyster Plate with Bird Moustiers Style Circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French faience oyster plate with Bird Moustiers style signed Martres Tolosane, circa 1940.
4 plates available.
Category
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Faience
1950s Edward Don & Co. Sterling China Restaurant Ware Lobster Plates - Set of 4
By Sterling China
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fabulous set of four lobster plates designed by Edward Don for Sterling Vitrified China - circa 1950s.
Sterling China in Ohio was well known for their restaurant ware lines and fo...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Costantinople 6 Set of 2 Dessert Plates by Les Ottomans
By Les Ottomans
Located in Milan, IT
This magnificent set of two dessert plates will be a precious addition to any home. The pieces are part of the Costantinopoli collection, comprising porcelain plates decorated with a...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Lenox "Castle Garden" Bread/Dessert Plates Set/12
Located in Malibu, CA
Classic Lenox china pattern “castle garden” from the 1970's in shades of pink, yellow, green on ivory background.
This stunning pattern has since been discontinued by Lenox.
Gold ba...
Category
1970s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. A set of three Blue Onion Pattern dinner plates in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. A set of three Blue Onion Pattern dinner plates in porcelain. Hand-painted.
First half of the 20th century.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
One plate in first factory qu...
Category
20th Century German Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Twelve Meissen Porcelain Plates with Putti and Heavenly Scenes
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous and pristine set of twelve neoclassical style 19th century Meissen Porcelain plates hand painted with putti, fruit, garland, and heavenly scenes. The center of each plate ...
Category
1860s German Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Majolica Plate
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
Rare blue French Majolica plate with flowers and acanthus leaves Orchies, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 Plates The Road to Heaven Is Paved with Excess in Green by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
This superb set is part of a collection created by renowned jewelry designer Ippolita Rostagno. The quote by English poet William Blake, "The Road to Heaven Is Paved with Excess" is ...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Gold
Large 19th Century French Blue & White Japon Platter Creil Montereau
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th Century French Blue & White Japon Platter signed Creil Montereau.
13 inches diameter.
This service is exposed in Giverny Claude Monet's house.
Category
1880s French Japonisme Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Small Majolica Water Lily Plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica water lily plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1900.
6.5 inches diameter.
Category
Early 1900s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Strawberries Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1870
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica strawberries plate signed Sarreguemines Majolica, circa 1870.
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Small Majolica Water Lily Plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica water lily plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1900.
6.5 inches diameter.
Category
Early 1900s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Faience Dinner Service Table with Blue Decoration, France 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Bring timeless French elegance to your table with this exquisite 75-piece antique faience dinnerware set, beautifully adorned with deep cobalt blue ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
French Majolica Plate Fruits Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Charming French Majolica plate fruits (blackberries, cherries, berries) signed Salins, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
English Majolica Strawberry & Grapes Plate Wedgwood Circa 1920
By Wedgwood
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica strawberry plate signed Wedgwood.
Diameter / 8.8 inches.
Chips on the back , one hairline.
Category
1920s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Hot Air Balloon Plates, Mongolfiere Pattern, Set of Six
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Hot Air Balloon Plates,
Mongolfiere Pattern,
Set of Six,
1970s.
The Set of Piero Fornasetti plates depict different scenes of hist...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Pottery
19th Century French Majolica Plate
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
Rare blue French Majolica plate with flowers and acanthus leaves Orchies, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Set Of 6 Lafarge Limoges For Le Cirque Restaurant Orange Monkey Salad Plates
By Limoges
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A set of six Lafarge Limoges custom porcelain salad plates for Le Cirque Restaurants. The plates are decorated with scenes of monkeys picking fruit along vibrant orange borders, gree...
Category
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
English Majolica Strawberry & Grapes Plate Wedgwood Circa 1920
By Wedgwood
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica strawberry plate signed Wedgwood.
Diameter / 8.8 inches.Chips on the back.
Category
1920s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Mid-Century Restaurant Ceramic Dinner Plates, Set of 8
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Italian mid-century Restaurant Ceramic Dinner Plates, Set of 8
A set of 8 different restaurant collectible plates made of hand-painted ceramic.
There is a special edition of "Italy...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Large 18/19th Century Chinese Rose Canton Charger Plate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large hand-painted Chinese Rose Canton charger plate having an arrangement of birds, flowers, butterflies and traditional scenes. Made in the 18/19th ce...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Charles Ahrenfeldt Limoges Gilt Encrusted Hand-Painted Cabinet Plates, Set of 12
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This outstanding set of Limoges porcelain cabinet plates was made and decorated by the Charles Ahrenfeldt porcelain factory and studio in Limoges, France....
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Rose Mandarin Chinese Porcelain Plates
Located in New York, NY
Pair of rose Mandarin Chinese porcelain plates. Vibrantly hued and gilt painted Chinese Export luncheon plates in pinks and blues and greens. China...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Moustiers Hand-Painted Faience Dinner Service with Blue Bird Motif
By Moustiers
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite Moustiers faience dinnerware set is a true celebration of traditional French craftsmanship. Hand-painted in delicate shades of blue o...
Category
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
Yellow Bordallo Pinheiro Cabbage Leaf Dinnerware Set of Fifty Four Pieces
Located in Bradenton, FL
Set of yellow 20th Century Bordallo Pinheiro Dinnerware. Set is a vivid warm shade of yellow that includes:
14 Dinner plates (10.75" Diameter)
1 Platter (13.25" Diameter)
12 saucers...
Category
20th Century Portuguese Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Costantinople 1 Set of 2 Dessert Plates by Les Ottomans
By Les Ottomans
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the Constantinopoli collection, inspired by the exotic life in the capital of the Roman/Byzantine Empire, this set of two dessert plates is one of 12 designs made of porcelai...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Oriente Italiano Aurum Set Of 4 Coasters by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
Set of 4 Aurum Decorative Coasters, from the Oriente Italiano Collection. These porcelain coasters, adorned with floral patterns in vibrant hues and gold trim bring elegance and char...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Majolica Daisy Plate Orchies, circa 1890
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica daisy plate Orchies unsigned, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
French Majolica Celadon Oyster Plate Orchies, circa 1910
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica oyster plate Orchies, circa 1910.
Celadon color.
Category
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, Map Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate with Original Box,
Temi E Variazioni,
Motiv 31.
The Map,
1980s.
The Fornasetti porcelain plate from the Themes & Vari...
Category
1980s German Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Porcelain Costantinople 11 Set of 2 Dessert Plates by Les Ottomans
By Les Ottomans
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning and refined addition to any home, this unique set comprises two dessert plates that will add a colorful touch and a delicate sense of movement to any table. The set was cr...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Green Monkeys Set of 12 Dinner Plates
Located in Milan, IT
Elaborate designs meet exceptional craftsmanship in this striking set of 12 dinner plates that will add a timeless touch to any dining table. Handcrafted of ceramic, the center of ea...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
French Porcelain Flowers Oyster Plate Limoges, circa 1900
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
French Porcelain Flowers Oyster Plate Limoges, circa 1900.
8.5 inches diameter.
Category
Early 1900s French Romantic Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Bloom Set of 12 Dinner Plates
Located in Milan, IT
This exquisite set of 12 dinner plates is a celebration of Paravicini's masterful craftsmanship and sophistication and the splendor of nature rendered in the magnificent colors. A pr...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Canton Famille Rose Chinese Export Porcelain Celadon Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th Century Canton Famille Rose Chinese Export Porcelain Celadon Platter.
Decorated with butterflies , birds and flowers.
9.8 inches diameter.
Category
1890s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Dinner set for 6 (12 pieces) Hand Painted Italian Faience Garofano Faenza
Located in London, GB
Hand painted dinner ware set with Garofano pattern (6 covers - 12 pieces: 6 soup bowls and 6 plates) hand-painted majolica from Faenza, Italy .
Created and decorated entirely by hand by master craftsmen from Faenza, Italy.
The set can be fully customised in terms of number of place settings and additional bespoke elements that can be added to complement the set: side dishes, serving plates, trays and many more.
Faenza, located between the Adriatic Sea and Bologna, is known as the “City of Ceramics.” The term faience is a French version of the town’s name.
Faience (majolica) production occurred in Faenza during the Middle Ages. In the 1500s, a week-long fair took place where local ceramic manufacturers set up stalls.
Faenza majolica was highly regarded among the wealthy, many of whom commissioned ceramic mastesr to create pieces featuring heraldry, hunting, and mythological designs. During the Renaissance, Faenza became well known for its “beautiful lady” plates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Revival Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Meissen, Germany. Set of four Blue Onion Pattern dinner plates in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. A set of four Blue Onion Pattern dinner plates in porcelain. Hand-painted.
First half of the 20th century.
Marked.
Third factory quality.
Perfect condition.
Dimensi...
Category
20th Century German Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Hand Painted Spanish Decorative Plate of Archbishop's Bridge Glazed
Located in Marbella, ES
Hand Painted Spanish Decorative Plate of Archbishop's Bridge Glazed
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Limoges Porcelain Dinner Set by F. Legrand & Cie - 68 Pieces
By L.F. Limoges
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite antique Limoges porcelain dinnerware set by F. Legrand & Cie showcases an exceptional polychrome and gold-accented design, embodying the timeless elegance of French cr...
Category
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
8 Antique A. Lanternier French Limoges Scalloped Floral Porcelain Plates 8.5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Set of 8 late 19th - early 20th century A. Lanternier & Co Limoges porcelain plates with deeply scalloped and gilded edges resembling flower petals, echoing the green, pink, and purp...
Category
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Mottahedeh Italian Daisy Plates, Set of 6, C. 1960's
By Mottahedeh
Located in Ross, CA
Set of six hand painted daisy plates made by Mottahedeh in Italy in the 1960's.
I have 2 sets of six available
Set 2
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Longchamp French Art Ceramic Majolica Oyster Set, 1920
By Longchamp
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French art ceramic Majolica oyster set by Longchamp (Côte d'or), France, 1920s. Set composed of a platter and 12 plates in excellent condition. So this set is complete which makes it...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Majolica Seaweeds Oyster Plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate Keller Et Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1890.
Reference / page 98 "Collecting oyster plates" of Jeffrey B. Snyder.One small chip.
Category
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Porcelain Constantinople 4 Plate by Les Ottomans
By Les Ottomans
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the Constantinople series, which is limited to 100 pieces per design and a total of six designs, this porcelain plate features four magnificently rendered peacocks each facin...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Costantinople 7 Set of 2 Dessert Plates by Les Ottomans
By Les Ottomans
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by the lavish grandeur of the former capital of the Byzantine Empire, this set of two dessert plates is part of the Costantinopoli collection that combines abstract and natu...
Category
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Majolica Plate Grapes Salins, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Charming French Majolica plate grapes Salins, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Oyster Plate in Majolica Green and White Color 19th Century Longchamp Set of 2
By Longchamp
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Oyster plate in Majolica, in white and Green color.
France, 19th century.
Circa 1890 signed Longchamp.
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
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.