Dinner Plates
1830s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s English Art Nouveau Vintage Dinner Plates
24k Gold
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s Japanese Japonisme Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Glass, Art Glass
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Regency Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1840s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s American American Classical Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-20th Century Greek Classical Greek Dinner Plates
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
2010s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Silver
1950s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1870s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s Danish Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Creamware
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s British Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1920s American Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern 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.