Dinner Plates
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
1920s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1740s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Delft
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s Portuguese Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze
Early 1900s German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1990s Danish Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s German Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1950s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1880s British Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1770s English Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1820s British Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1980s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Empire Dinner Plates
Gold
1820s Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
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.