Dinner Plates
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Pottery
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 19th Century French Romantic Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 2000s Sri Lankan American Classical Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 2000s German Grand Tour Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Terracotta
1970s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Austrian Other Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Metal
1890s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century European Mid-Century Modern Antique Dinner Plates
Metal
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Art Glass
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 18th Century Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical 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.