Dinner Plates
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Onyx, Marble
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 2000s Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Delft
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
20th Century French Modern Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
Early 2000s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Late 20th Century British Modern Dinner Plates
Stoneware
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Late 20th Century Dinner Plates
Wicker
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience, Majolica
18th Century Other Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Late 19th Century German Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 20th Century Italian Greco Roman Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Enamel
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Bone, Paint
20th Century Hungarian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Pewter
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
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.