Dinner Plates
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s British Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
Early 1900s French Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary English Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s European French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery, Porcelain
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s German French Provincial Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Taiwanese Dinner Plates
Stainless Steel
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
1890s French Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1990s Taiwanese Dinner Plates
Stainless Steel
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1850s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1920s French Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
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.