Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Dinner Plates
Crystal, Gold
Early 19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 2000s Japanese Dinner Plates
Leather
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
20th Century American Space Age Dinner Plates
Plastic
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Stoneware
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French Other Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1800s Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Regency Dinner Plates
Gold
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1800s Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1830s Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Dinner Plates
Gold
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
1890s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1800s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
1890s Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Steel
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Silver
Late 18th Century British Antique Dinner Plates
Pewter
1910s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
19th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Stoneware
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Belgian Dinner Plates
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, 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.