Dinner Plates
1890s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
2010s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s British Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1870s German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1920s English Late Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1930s Austrian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1820s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1840s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Gold
1890s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s French Rococo Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Late 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1950s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Teak
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
20th Century Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Art Glass
19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1750s Antique Dinner Plates
Delft
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1930s Czech Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1840s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
17th Century Spanish Antique 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.