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Dinner Plates For Sale
Style: Scandinavian Modern
Style: Regency
French Ceramist, 24 Dinner Plates in Glazed Stoneware, Mid-20th C
Located in Copenhagen, DK
French ceramist. 24 dinner plates in glazed stoneware. Beautiful glaze in azure shades. Unique, high-quality ceramics. Mid-20th century. Measures: ...
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Mid-20th Century French Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates

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Stoneware

Regency English Pottery Green-glazed Leaf Plate, Brameld, Yorkshire
Located in Downingtown, PA
English pottery Green-glazed leaf Plate, Attributed to Brameld, Yorkshire, Circa 1820. The plate is moulded in a spiral overlapping leaf design with a green glaze. While unmarked, ...
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique Dinner Plates

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Pearlware, Pottery

Coalport John Rose Porcelain Plate, White Floral Dulong Blind-Moulded circa 1815
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful dessert plate made by Coalport in circa 1815. Coalport was one of the leading potters in 19th and 20th century Staffordshire. They worked alongside other great...
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1810s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand, Seven Koka Dinner Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hertha Bengtson (1917-1993) for Rörstrand. Seven Koka dinner plates in glazed stoneware. 1960s. Diameter: 24.5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. For almost half a century, H...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Stoneware

Set 11 Antique Dinner Plates Rust Color Masons Sharkskin Pattern Circa 1900
Located in Katonah, NY
This excellent set of eleven Mason's Ironstone plates is decorated in rich rust color with overall black detailing resembling sharkskin. The set dates to circa 1900. The color is fab...
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Early 20th Century English Regency Dinner Plates

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Earthenware

Bloor Derby Set of 10 Plates, Fruit Paintings by Thomas Steel, Regency 1820-1825
By Bloor Derby, Thomas Steel
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular and very rare set of ten dessert plates made by Derby in about 1825, which was the Regency era. The plates are richly gilded, each with an individual gilt pattern, and have superb fruit paintings, also each unique, by the famous porcelain decorator Thomas Steel. One can occasionally find one of these plates in the market, but to find a whole set of 10 in such fabulous condition is extremely rare. The Derby factory, later reshaped into Royal Crown Derby, is currently the oldest British porcelain factory still in production. Derby was one of the most prominent potteries right from the start of English porcelain production in the mid 1700s to today. Their items are of exceptionally high quality and many of the designs have become iconic, particularly the Imari designs; many of these are still being made today. Derby made many exciting designs in the Regency era, and these plates are beautiful examples. The marking at the bottom indicates that the plates were produced some time between 1806 and 1825, when the company was called "Bloor Derby"; however the style is from between 1820 and 1825. Thomas Steel (sometimes written as Steele) is considered the very best 19th Century porcelain painter of fruits. He was born in Staffordshire in 1772 and was first apprenticed by Wedgwood. He moved to Derby in 1815, where he became the foremost flower and fruit painter. In 1825 he moved on to the Rockingham factory in Yorkshire, and a few years later to Minton in Staffordshire, where he worked the rest of his life. Steel had a very recognisable style of fruit painting, perhaps best described by the biographer John Haslem: "Steele painted both flowers and insects well, but as a painter of fruit on china he had no superior, if, indeed, he had any equal in his day... His grouping is harmonious, the light and shade well managed, each piece of fruit is well rounded, and the outline softened and blended into the one next to it, each partaking of the reflected colour from the other." These plates each have a different richly gilded border, and octagonal paintings...
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1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand, Seven Koka Dinner Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hertha Bengtson (1917-1993) for Rörstrand. 15 Koka plates in glazed stoneware. 1960s. Diameter: 17 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. For almost half a century, Hertha Bengtson...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Stoneware

Chamberlains Worcester Dessert Service, White with Flowers, Regency, ca 1822
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular and rare dessert service made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1822. The service consists of a high comport, 2 square dishes, 1 kidney shaped dish, 3 shell di...
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1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Set of 8 Barr Flight & Barr Porcelain Plates, Imari Fence, Regency, 1811-1813
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular set of eight plates made by Barr Flight & Barr between 1811 and 1813. They are made in one of the many versions of the "Imari Fence" or "Japan" pattern. Barr...
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1810s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Spode Creamware Dessert Service, Avocado Green, Chinoiserie, Regency, 1814
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful Spode creamware dessert service made in 1814, which was the Regency era. The service is decorated in a printed and hand-colored Chi...
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1810s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Creamware

Antique Paris Porcelain Botanical Set of Plates, Flamen-Fleury
Located in Downingtown, PA
Antique Paris Porcelain set of Botanical plates, Flamen-Fleury Factory, circa 1830-1835 The set of four Paris porcelain circular plates from Fl...
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1830s French Regency Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Twelve Coq Deep Plates, 1960's
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg. Twelve Coq deep plates. Beautiful glaze in brown shades. Swedish design, 1960s. Measures: 20 x 4 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Spode Imperial China Dessert Service, Frog Pattern in Mauve, Regency circa 1828
Located in London, GB
This is a very striking part dessert service made by Spode in about 1828, which is the Regency era. It is made of Spode's Imperial China and has the Frog pattern in mauve/purple. It consists of a high footed comport...
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1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates

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Ironstone

Spode Felspar Floral Dessert Service, Yellow, Butterfly Handles, circa 1822
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and very rare dessert service made by Spode in 1822, which was the Regency era. This beautiful service, which is in perfect condition, would be fantastic for a summer dinner party! The service is made of Felspar porcelain and decorated in a beautiful pale yellow colour with an "Oeil de Perdrix" pattern and top quality floral reserves. The service consists of two lidded sauce tureens with stands, two deep rectangular dishes, two lozenge shaped dishes, one square dish, and six square dessert plates Spode was the great Pioneer among the Georgian potters in England. Around the year 1800 he perfected the bone china recipe that has been used by British potters ever since, and he was also the leading potter behind the technique of transferware, making it possible for English potters to replace the Chinese export china...
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1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Jens H. Quistgaard, Bing & Grondahl. White "Cordial Palet" Dinner Plate, 14 Pcs
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Jens H. Quistgaard for Bing & Grondahl. White "Cordial Palet" dinner plate in glazed stoneware, 1960s. 14 pieces in stock. Stamped. In very good condit...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Stoneware

Jackie Lynd for Rörstrand, 12 Birgitta Dinner Plates in Hand Painted Stoneware
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Jackie Lynd for Rörstrand. 12 Birgitta dinner plates in hand painted glazed stoneware, 1970s. Measure: Diameter 24 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. ...
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Stoneware

Set of 17 Underplates Anonymous for Woodline, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of 17 under plates anonymous for Woodline, Denmark, 1960s. Brazilian rosewood. Measurements: W: 29 cm/ 11 1/2'' D: 29 cm/ 11 1/2''.
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

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Rosewood

Five Lobster Plates in Clear Glass, Josef Frank, Sweden, Mid-20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Lobster plates, five plates in clear glass by Josef Frank. Produced at: Svenskt Tenn, Reijmyre / Gullaskruf, Sweden, mid-20th century. In good condition. Measures: 30 cm....
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates

Norwegian Enameled Steel Bowl
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A graphic and elegant shallow enamel over polished stainless steel bowl. Originally distributed by Knoll International.
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1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

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Steel

Norwegian Enameled Steel Bowl
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A graphic and elegant shallow enamel over polished stainless steel bowl. Originally distributed by Knoll International.
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1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Steel

Reijmyre Glassworks, "Operakällaren", 12 Cover Plates, 12 Bread Dishes, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Reijmyre glassworks, "Operakällaren" art glass 12 cover plates, 12 pcs. bread or tapas or sushi dishes. Sweden 1980s. Measures: cover plate 30 cm, bread plate 22 cm...
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1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces
Located in Downingtown, PA
Regency-period Coalport Porcelain service is of the finest quality in terms of the porcelain itself and the decoration, each shape is particularly well designed with a distinctive shape. The centre of each piece has a floral design based upon Chinese Export "famille rose" with pink and yellow flower swirls. The ground with a distinctive aqua blue. The crimped rims have a wide border pattern alternating between a mazarine blue reverse flower-head design with a cracked ice gilt decoration and a diaper pattern on a yellow ground with flowerheads issuing forth. The service consists of the following 39 pieces: One Tazza (9 3/4 inches wide x 7 inches high) Two circular sauce tureens and covers (7 inches high x 6 1/2 inches wide) Four oval dishes (12 inches x 8 1/2 inches x 2 3/4 inches) Four shell dishes (10 1/4 inches 9 1/2 inches) Five rectangular dishes...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Flight Barr & Barr Porcelain Dessert Plate, Rich Imari, Regency, circa 1815
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning dessert plate made by Flight Barr & Barr around the year 1815. It is decorated with what is often called the "Rich Imari" pattern, and sometimes the "crazy Japan" ...
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1810s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates

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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.

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