Dinner Plates
Early 2000s American Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century German Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Enamel
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1920s American Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Crystal
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s English American Classical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Czech Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
1950s French Chinoiserie Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Enamel, Gold
1950s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Revival Dinner Plates
Majolica, Faience, Ceramic
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Gold Plate
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s North American Art Nouveau Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1920s American Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
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.