Dinner Plates
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1850s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Early 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Early 1800s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1780s English Louis XVI Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Country Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1750s English George II Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1780s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1850s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1850s English Japonisme Antique Dinner Plates
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Spanish Bohemian Dinner Plates
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century German Folk Art Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s Japanese Japonisme Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary English Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s American Aesthetic Movement Vintage Dinner Plates
Crystal
1870s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s French Organic Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1930s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s German 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.