Dinner Plates
1920s American Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Greek Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s Czech Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
20th Century Hungarian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s German Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1890s British Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s German Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century American Regency Revival Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
Early 2000s German Grand Tour Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Stainless Steel
1950s British Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1770s Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware, Pottery
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
17th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1830s English High Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Portuguese Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1970s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Mid-18th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, 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.