Dinner Plates
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
1940s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
20th Century Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic, Earthenware, Faience
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
20th Century British Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1830s English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Dinner Plates
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1950s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1830s English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Regency Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
Early 2000s American Dinner Plates
Stoneware
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Glass
1930s English Aesthetic Movement Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
1930s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Moroccan Moorish Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
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.