Dinner Plates
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
19th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Finnish Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1870s Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Faience
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1800s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Russian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Late 19th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1850s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Steel
1960s Italian Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1820s Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1820s English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Dinner Plates
Bronze
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
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.