Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s German Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s Italian Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1810s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ironstone
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1920s Chinese Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Metal
Late 20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Enamel
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Czech Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century European Louis XV Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Belgian Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
Early 2000s Chinese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
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.