Dinner Plates
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
18th Century German Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Baroque Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s Swedish Organic Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze, Tin
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 2000s Chinese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century American American Classical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s English Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Late 20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
2010s Dinner Plates
Terracotta, Ceramic
Late 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1840s French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1850s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Early 20th Century English Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1750s Antique Dinner Plates
Delft
Early 20th Century European Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
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.