Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1990s English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
1860s German Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Asian Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1860s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Swedish Dinner Plates
Glass
20th Century Greek Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1770s German Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Swedish Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1880s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century American Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s English Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Czech Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
20th Century Greek Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1890s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1820s French Charles X Antique Dinner Plates
Opaline Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1890s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Paste, Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Portuguese Organic Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
1910s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Belgian Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Crystal
Early 20th Century European Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German 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.