Dinner Plates
Mid-20th Century Italian Organic Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Italian French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1920s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Rose Quartz
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Crystal
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Spanish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Mexican Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Spanish Country Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Turkish Dinner Plates
Crystal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1820s French Charles X Antique Dinner Plates
Opaline Glass
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Pottery
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1830s Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ironstone, Paint
1880s English Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Arts and Crafts Antique Dinner Plates
Brass
Early 20th Century English Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Crystal
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
19th Century American Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 1900s German Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Silver Plate, Bronze
1950s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique 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.