Dinner Plates
1950s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Late 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1790s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1810s Dutch Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Teak
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s German Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
16th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Brass
1890s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Mid-20th Century French Napoleon III Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Mid-20th Century Japanese Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s Austrian Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Dinner Plates
Wicker
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1830s English Early Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century German Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Late 19th Century Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1970s Unknown Federal Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1940s French Japonisme Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1820s French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Luxembourgish Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
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.