Dinner Plates
1990s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1920s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s Chinese Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Portuguese Dinner Plates
Pottery
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Victorian Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Ironstone
Early 19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Argentine Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s French Dinner Plates
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s French Dinner Plates
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s Portuguese Colonial Revival Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Gold
Mid-20th Century British Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Lava, Silver Plate
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
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.