Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Czech Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Metal
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 2000s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Sporting Art Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
1950s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
2010s Turkish Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Czech Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Italian Other Dinner Plates
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s German Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Bone, Paint
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware, Pottery
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.