Dinner Plates
1920s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1990s English Country Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Creamware
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1930s English Aesthetic Movement Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1840s English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English American Classical Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s British Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s British Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery, Stoneware
1890s British Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
20th Century German Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s English Regency Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
1960s Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Creamware
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Creamware
1860s English Arts and Crafts Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware, Pottery
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s English American Classical Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Romantic Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
1950s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Creamware
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Bone, Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1870s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1810s English Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware
1930s English Aesthetic Movement Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s British Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic, 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.