Dinner Plates
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1720s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Turkish Dinner Plates
Crystal
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century German Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s European Baroque Vintage Dinner Plates
Silver
1970s Japanese Organic Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Italian Baroque Dinner Plates
Silver
20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Faience
1930s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1860s German Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Clay, Paint
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century French Modern Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 20th Century American Regency Dinner Plates
Gold
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1960s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Wood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Spanish Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
2010s Italian 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.