Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Onyx, Marble
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 2000s German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Revival Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica, Faience
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1970s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
Early 2000s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1930s German Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century George IV Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 2000s Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
Early 20th Century Danish 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 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 20th Century British Modern Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Delft
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience, Majolica
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 20th Century Italian Greco Roman Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Country Antique 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.