Dinner Plates
Early 19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English High Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century German Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s English Napoleon III Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
Late 18th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s American Antique Dinner Plates
Silver, Sterling Silver
1950s French Chinoiserie Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Gold Plate
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Dinner Plates
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century English Victorian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1950s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English American Classical Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain, Paint
Dinner Plates
1950s English Edwardian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Japonisme Antique 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.