Dinner Plates
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Late 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1830s English High Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1930s English Early Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1990s French Arts and Crafts Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 1900s Russian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
1940s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Wood
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s British Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
20th Century French Modern Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1930s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Metal
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian George I Dinner Plates
Silver
1890s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1830s English Early Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
1880s French Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Modern Dinner Plates
Crystal
1930s French Romantic Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Napoleon III Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1860s Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware, Pottery
1890s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1830s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s Austrian Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1990s English Country Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.