Dinner Plates
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
1880s French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1940s Italian Futurist Vintage Dinner Plates
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery, Stoneware
1970s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Stainless Steel
1980s Vintage Dinner Plates
Silver Plate
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Wood
1910s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1830s French Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Paste, Porcelain
1910s Swedish Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Silver
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Georgian Dinner Plates
Nickel
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
17th Century Spanish Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Early 20th Century Czech Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s European Baroque Vintage Dinner Plates
Silver
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
1920s Chinese Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.