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Herend Rothschild Bird Serving Set ~ 8 Pieces
Herend Rothschild Bird Serving Set ~ 8 Pieces

Herend Rothschild Bird Serving Set ~ 8 Pieces

Located in New York, NY

A set of 8 (eight) serving pieces in the Herend Rothschild Bird pattern porcelain dinnerware. Vintage; the pieces in this set were produced between 1950 to 1980. All marked. Hand pa...

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1980s Hungarian Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

French Majolica Oyster Plate Fives Lille, circa 1890
French Majolica Oyster Plate Fives Lille, circa 1890

French Majolica Oyster Plate Fives Lille, circa 1890

By Fives-Lille

Located in Austin, TX

French Majolica blue, pink and grey oyster plate unsigned from Fives Lille, circa 1890.

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1890s French Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Meissen, Germany. Four porcelain plates with floral decoration. Ca 1930s
Meissen, Germany. Four porcelain plates with floral decoration. Ca 1930s

Meissen, Germany. Four porcelain plates with floral decoration. Ca 1930s

Located in København, Copenhagen

Meissen Four dinner plates, c. 1930s. Four porcelain plates, hand-painted with multicoloured floral decorations. Classic scalloped rim with relief and delicate detailing. Origin: Ge...

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1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Clairfontaine French Faïence Majolica Glazed Ochre & Green Leaf Plate circa 1890
Clairfontaine French Faïence Majolica Glazed Ochre & Green Leaf Plate circa 1890

Clairfontaine French Faïence Majolica Glazed Ochre & Green Leaf Plate circa 1890

Located in Philadelphia, PA

From the French Faïencerie de Clairfontaine, a bi-color overlapping leaf plate, circa 1890. Glazed in a swirling mix of yellow ochre and shades of green, the mold shows leaves wit...

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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

Antique French Luneville Floral Porcelain Oyster Plate, circa 1900
Antique French Luneville Floral Porcelain Oyster Plate, circa 1900

Antique French Luneville Floral Porcelain Oyster Plate, circa 1900

By Keller & Guérin

Located in Pearland, TX

A gorgeous antique French Majolica floral porcelain oyster plate by Keller & Guérin made in Luneville, France, circa 1900. Maker's mark on the reverse. This fine quality oyster plate is hand painted in the Old Strasbourg...

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Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Plate and Bowl Set, Japan, 19th Century
Japanese Plate and Bowl Set, Japan, 19th Century

Japanese Plate and Bowl Set, Japan, 19th Century

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

Japanese porcelain plate and bowl set dating from the 19th century. This decorative two-piece ensemble features traditional hand-painted motifs in vibrant cobalt blue, iron red, soft green, and white tones. The plate is adorned with alternating floral and bird decorations arranged around a central circular medallion, while the matching bowl displays intricate floral patterns and geometric panels. Both pieces feature gently scalloped rims and delicate painted details, reflecting the rich decorative traditions of Japanese Imari porcelain. A charming example of antique Japanese craftsmanship, ideal for collectors or as an elegant decorative accent. Style : Japanese / Imari Key Features : - Japan, 19th century - Set of two matching pieces - One decorative plate and one bowl - Porcelain construction - Traditional Imari-style decoration - Hand-painted floral and bird motifs - Cobalt blue, iron red, green, and white palette - Scalloped rims - Geometric and floral patterns - Central decorative medallion on the plate - Contrasting colored panels - Traditional Japanese craftsmanship - Antique Asian decorative ceramics^ Keywords : Japanese plate...

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19th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

1850s Rare Faience Dinner Service "Chevreuse" by Jules Vieillard
1850s Rare Faience Dinner Service "Chevreuse" by Jules Vieillard

1850s Rare Faience Dinner Service "Chevreuse" by Jules Vieillard

Located in LA CIOTAT, FR

An exceptional rare dinner service of 92 pieces in fine French earthenware, made by the esteemed faience manufacturer Jules Vieillard of Bordeaux. The charming blue and white design ...

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Mid-19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware, Faience

Majolica Water Lily Asparagus Plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement
Majolica Water Lily Asparagus Plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement

Majolica Water Lily Asparagus Plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement

By Saint-Clément

Located in Austin, TX

Majolica Art Nouveau asparagus plate unsigned Keller et Guerin Saint Clement Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th century asparagus and artichoke sets...

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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

French Majolica Oyster Plate Fives Lille, circa 1890
French Majolica Oyster Plate Fives Lille, circa 1890

French Majolica Oyster Plate Fives Lille, circa 1890

By Fives-Lille

Located in Austin, TX

French Majolica blue, pink and grey oyster plate unsigned from Fives Lille, circa 1890.

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1890s French Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Wedgwood Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service For 12 People
Wedgwood Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service For 12 People

Wedgwood Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service For 12 People

By Wedgwood

Located in Tarry Town, NY

Beautiful Wedgwood porcelain tableware dinner service for twelve people with coffee serving set with hand painted design details. The service is in great condition. Maker's mark undersigned. Include 87 pieces all-together. 12 dinner plate 10 3/4" D. 12 Salad plate...

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1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Gold

French Majolica Green Oyster Plate Luneville
French Majolica Green Oyster Plate Luneville

French Majolica Green Oyster Plate Luneville

By Luneville

Located in Austin, TX

French Majolica Green Oyster Plate Luneville circa 1920. Reference: Page 43 "Oyster plates" of J. Karsnitz. 4 plates are available.

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1920s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Dinner Plate by Copeland Late Spode in Chinoiserie Pattern No. 4089, circa 1850
Dinner Plate by Copeland Late Spode in Chinoiserie Pattern No. 4089, circa 1850

Dinner Plate by Copeland Late Spode in Chinoiserie Pattern No. 4089, circa 1850

By Copeland Spode

Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

This is a beautiful plate in the Chinese inspired pattern number 4089, produced by the Copeland - Late Spode factory and made of earthenware pottery called Pearl-ware, in the mid 19th century, circa 1850. This plate is well potted with a recessed rim. The pattern is transfer printed under-glaze in cobalt blue, then carefully hand painted in bold coloured enamels over-glaze in Gilt Heightened, Rare Pattern Number '4089' which Depicts Oriental Flowers including Bamboo, Peonies and Prunus Blossom in a garden setting with insects. Similar plates of this period are shown in Steven Smith's book called Spode and Copeland, published by Schiffer. The plate is fully marked to the base, with a transfer printed Copeland Late Spode...

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Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Pottery

Majestic Line Rosenthal Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12
Majestic Line Rosenthal Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12

Majestic Line Rosenthal Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12

By Rosenthal

Located in New York, NY

This striking Majestic Line Rosenthal Porcelain Dinner Wear Service for 12 originates from Germany, Circa 1980. Each piece features remarkable gilt textural detailing circumscribing ...

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1980s German Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Amami, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design
Amami, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design

Amami, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design

By Vito Nesta

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Inspired by the coral reef of the Amami Islands in Japan, the Amami collection features tropical fishes and beautiful seaweed. A perfect choice for every spot near the seaside.

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2010s Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Paris Porcelain Botanical Plates, Flamen-Fleury, Set of Four
Antique Paris Porcelain Botanical Plates, Flamen-Fleury, Set of Four

Antique Paris Porcelain Botanical Plates, Flamen-Fleury, Set of Four

By Old Paris

Located in Downingtown, PA

Antique Paris Porcelain Botanical Plates, Flamen-Fleury, Set of Four Circa 1820–1828 This set of four Paris porcelain botanical plates was made at the Flamen-Fleury factory in Paris...

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1820s French Regency Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Majolica Pink & Blue Oyster Plate Gien
19th Century Majolica Pink & Blue Oyster Plate Gien

19th Century Majolica Pink & Blue Oyster Plate Gien

By Gien

Located in Austin, TX

Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien.

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1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Set 8 Dishes Floral Design
Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Set 8 Dishes Floral Design

Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Set 8 Dishes Floral Design

By Richard Ginori

Located in Brescia, IT

The set of eight hand-painted flower design porcelain dishes was manufactured by Richard Ginori in the historical headquarter of Doccia (Tuscany, Italy), one of the most important an...

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Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

English Minton Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service / Twelve People
English Minton Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service / Twelve People

English Minton Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service / Twelve People

By Minton

Located in Tarry Town, NY

Minton hand painted and decorated porcelain dinner service for twelve people. Made in England between 1948 -1970 "with impressed marks "Minton / china / 2-65" and pattern numbers in gold. Discontinued pattern. Green rim with hand painted floral interior setting in a white background with hand painted gilt gold design. Each piece is in excellent condition. The set include 12 dinner plates 12 bread and butter plates 12 compote dishes 12 coffee cups 12 coffee saucers...

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Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates

Materials

Gold

Extensive Royal Copenhagen ‘Flora Danica’ Porcelain Dinner Service
Extensive Royal Copenhagen ‘Flora Danica’ Porcelain Dinner Service

Extensive Royal Copenhagen ‘Flora Danica’ Porcelain Dinner Service

By Royal Copenhagen

Located in London, GB

Extensive Royal Copenhagen ‘Flora Danica’ Porcelain Dinner Service Danish, 20th Century Small oval dish: height 4.5cm, width 11cm, depth 9cm Large tureen: height 30cm, width 40cm, depth 31cm This comprehensive Royal Copenhagen dinner service...

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20th Century Danish Other Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Georgian Mason's Soup Bowl or Plate in Small Vase Flowers and Rock Ptn, Ca 1818
Georgian Mason's Soup Bowl or Plate in Small Vase Flowers and Rock Ptn, Ca 1818

Georgian Mason's Soup Bowl or Plate in Small Vase Flowers and Rock Ptn, Ca 1818

By Mason's Ironstone

Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

This is a fine Ironstone pottery soup bowl or deep plate made by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England and beautifully decorated in the Small Vase, flower & Rock ...

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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates

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Ironstone

Set 15 English Antique Dinner Plates Soup Dishes & One Platter Circa 1860
Set 15 English Antique Dinner Plates Soup Dishes & One Platter Circa 1860

Set 15 English Antique Dinner Plates Soup Dishes & One Platter Circa 1860

By Copeland Spode

Located in Katonah, NY

This set of nine dinner plates, six matching soup dishes, and a platter painted in Spode's "Peacock" pattern was made by Copeland Spode circa 1860. The "Peacock" pattern was first made by Spode circa 1820. The pattern features two peacocks...

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Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates

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Ironstone

18th Century Meissen Set 12 Baroque Porcelain Dining Dishes with Floral Decor
18th Century Meissen Set 12 Baroque Porcelain Dining Dishes with Floral Decor

18th Century Meissen Set 12 Baroque Porcelain Dining Dishes with Floral Decor

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in Brescia, IT

This baroque dining colorfully dishes set is eclectical and drawn with vibrant colors. The board is in a contemporary fuchsia color. Precious, fine, elegant and timeless dining set dishes. The Meissen manufacturer is an antique brand...

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Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Meissen

Antique 19th Century French Majolica Floral Plate
Antique 19th Century French Majolica Floral Plate

Antique 19th Century French Majolica Floral Plate

Located in Pearland, TX

A lovely antique French majolica floral plate, circa 1890. This beautiful French country style plate has hand painted pink flowers and leaves on a ligh...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Majolica

Green glazed terracotta plate, France, 1960
Green glazed terracotta plate, France, 1960

Green glazed terracotta plate, France, 1960

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

Decorative green glazed terracotta plate, made in France around the 1960s. It features a central relief decoration of a stylized bird surrounded by plant motifs. The deep green glaze...

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1960s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware, Majolica

Handmade Black and White Ceramic Dash Pattern Dinner Plates, in Stock
Handmade Black and White Ceramic Dash Pattern Dinner Plates, in Stock

Handmade Black and White Ceramic Dash Pattern Dinner Plates, in Stock

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Handmade and hand-painted ceramics from one of the mother countries, Portugal, these beautiful pieces for your table will add a modern and graphic touch and are perfect to mix and ma...

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2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Set of 12 Mid-Century Italian Terracotta Blue Spatter Plates
Set of 12 Mid-Century Italian Terracotta Blue Spatter Plates

Set of 12 Mid-Century Italian Terracotta Blue Spatter Plates

Located in New York, NY

Set of Twelve Italian blue spatter plates. Twelve vintage glazed terracotta 8” luncheon or appetizer salad dessert plates with wonderfully hand spattered blue dots, each unique. Ital...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Terracotta

French Majolica Plate with Pumpkin & Snail Onnaing, circa 1890
French Majolica Plate with Pumpkin & Snail Onnaing, circa 1890

French Majolica Plate with Pumpkin & Snail Onnaing, circa 1890

By Onnaing

Located in Austin, TX

French Majolica plate with pumpkin & snail Onnaing, circa 1890.

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1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica, Pottery

16 Minton England Dinner Plates, Vintage Gold Encrusted "Porcelain Ball"
16 Minton England Dinner Plates, Vintage Gold Encrusted "Porcelain Ball"

16 Minton England Dinner Plates, Vintage Gold Encrusted "Porcelain Ball"

By Minton

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A classic and elegant set of 16 dinner plates by Minton, England. Crisp white porcelain with a double gilt encrusted band with 24 karat additional gold floral design in their collars...

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1950s British Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Gold

2025 Artist Plate Project Full Set of 50 Fine Bone China Plates
2025 Artist Plate Project Full Set of 50 Fine Bone China Plates

2025 Artist Plate Project Full Set of 50 Fine Bone China Plates

By Sanford Biggers, Ed Ruscha, Yoshitomo Nara 1, KAWS, Takashi Murakami

Located in Jersey City, NJ

We are proud to be the official retail partner of the Artist Plate Project. This is the complete set of all 50 artist-designed plates for the 2025 release, including the highly sough...

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2010s North American Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

11 Custom Antique English Raised Gilt Dinner Plates For Shreve & Co Circa 1915
11 Custom Antique English Raised Gilt Dinner Plates For Shreve & Co Circa 1915

11 Custom Antique English Raised Gilt Dinner Plates For Shreve & Co Circa 1915

By Shreve & Co.

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

An elegant set of dinner plates produced by the re known English firm of Royal Doulton for the fine Gilded Age retailer Shreve & Co San Francisco. A raised tooled intricate design o...

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1910s British Edwardian Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Gold

Mid Century 80+ Pieces Fiesta Harlequin Riviera Collection-Rare Pieces Include
Mid Century 80+ Pieces Fiesta Harlequin Riviera Collection-Rare Pieces Include

Mid Century 80+ Pieces Fiesta Harlequin Riviera Collection-Rare Pieces Include

By Homer Laughlin

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Very large and incredibly colorful set of Fiestaware, Harlequin and Riviera. Set includes, First the Fiesta, 8 lunch plates 9.5in. Yellow, cobalt, 1 ivory. 6 dinner plates 10.25 4yellow, 1med.green, 1 cobalt. 4 divided plates 11.75 2 yellow 2 cobalt. 2 chop plates 12in. 1 yellow 1 cobalt. 2 platters 12.5 1 ivory 1 cobalt. 2 deep plates 1 red 1 grey. 5 salad plates 6.5in. Various colors - blue, grey, turq, ivory. 2 bread plates 7.5in. Turq. And ivory. 2 disc water pitcher turq and yellow. 2 teapots cobalt and yellow. 1 onion soup ivory. 1 yellow utility tray. 2 gravy boats grey and 1vory. 6 saucers various colors. 1 ring handle creamer grey. 3 teacups 2med green, 1 yellow. 1 coffee mug medgreen. 2 small nappys 5.5, 4.75. 3 salt and pepper red, cobalt, yellow. 1 red candle holder...

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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Clay

Lenox Castle Garden Vintage Bread Plates Set of 12, Porcelain, USA
Lenox Castle Garden Vintage Bread Plates Set of 12, Porcelain, USA

Lenox Castle Garden Vintage Bread Plates Set of 12, Porcelain, USA

Located in Malibu, CA

Classic Lenox China pattern “castle garden” from the 1970's in shades of pink, yellow, green on ivory background. This stunning pattern has since been discontinued by Lenox. Gold ba...

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1970s American Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

12 Antique Minton England Cobalt Blue & Gold Salad or Dessert Plates
12 Antique Minton England Cobalt Blue & Gold Salad or Dessert Plates

12 Antique Minton England Cobalt Blue & Gold Salad or Dessert Plates

By Minton

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A classic and elegant set of 12 plates by Mintons, England featuring a nice wide collar of cobalt blue surrounded by two 24 karat gold acid etched bands. In wonderful antique conditi...

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Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Set of 12 Graff, Washbourne & Dunn Sterling Silver Dinner Plates
Set of 12 Graff, Washbourne & Dunn Sterling Silver Dinner Plates

Set of 12 Graff, Washbourne & Dunn Sterling Silver Dinner Plates

By Graff Washbourn & Dunn

Located in New York, NY

Set of 12 Edwardian Regency sterling silver dinner plates. Made by Graff, Washbourne & Dunn in New York, ca 1910. Each: Deep and round well with engraved monogram surrounded by leaf ...

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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Dinner Plates

Materials

Sterling Silver

Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Plate No. 89, Lina Cavalieri, Circa 1980
Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Plate No. 89, Lina Cavalieri, Circa 1980

Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Plate No. 89, Lina Cavalieri, Circa 1980

By Piero Fornasetti

Located in Downingtown, PA

This porcelain plate is number 89 in Piero Fornasetti’s Tema e Variazioni, the series he built across his career from a single borrowed face, that of the opera singer Lina Cavalieri. Here the face is shown half-immersed. Only the brow and the eyes rise above the surface of a still lake, the lower part of the face lying below the waterline, and the eyes appear a second time in the water as a soft reflection, so that four eyes look out of the plate at once. A stand of rushes crosses the foreground at the lower edge. The image is printed in black by lithographic transfer on a white ground, the whole worked in the fine engraved hatching and stipple that Fornasetti used throughout the series, with the horizontal ripple of the water set against the dotted modeling of the face. The device is characteristically economical: a single unbroken horizontal line converts a portrait into a landscape, and the viewer supplies the rest. Piero Fornasetti (1913–1988) found the face in a nineteenth-century French illustrated magazine and was held by it for the rest of his working life. He was drawn not to Cavalieri’s celebrity but to the formal character of the image, a face he described as archetypal, as classic as a Greek statue and as enigmatic as the Gioconda, and therefore able to carry any idea he brought to it. He produced more than three hundred and fifty variations under the title Tema e Variazioni, almost all of them on plates, and the series has been continued since his death by his son Barnaba under the Atelier Fornasetti name. Patrick Mauriès observes that for Fornasetti a single product never exhausted the possibilities of an idea, and that much of his work therefore takes the form of variations on a theme; among the recurring subjects he lists the sun, playing cards, the harlequin, and hands, but above all this face, which appears through the series as a moon, a flower, a lake, a mask, a mosaic, a clock, and a single disembodied eye. The present plate is the lake. The porcelain blanks were bought in and decorated at the Milan studio, and the green Arzberg mark beneath the black Fornasetti stamp records the German factory that supplied this one. Hung on its own or grouped with other plates from the series, it holds a wall far beyond its size. Dimensions Diameter: 10 inches (25.4 cm) Marks Printed to the reverse with the Fornasetti eye...

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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Josiah Spode 'Bridge of Lucano' Blue Transferware Dinner Plates Circa 1820 Set/6
Josiah Spode 'Bridge of Lucano' Blue Transferware Dinner Plates Circa 1820 Set/6

Josiah Spode 'Bridge of Lucano' Blue Transferware Dinner Plates Circa 1820 Set/6

By Josiah Spode

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A set of six ‘Lucano’ or ‘Bridge of Lucano’ pattern dinner plates, Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire England, Circa, 1820-1830 Blue on white transfer printed earthenware, showing an Italian scene of a four-arch bridge, a round stone tower, cows in the foreground, and other buildings on a hillside in the distance. The central scene is bordered with leafy branches of olives, grape vines, and heads of wheat. A dense pattern, printed in a deep blue. Pictured here is the original source print Spode used...

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Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

19th Century Majolica Oyster Flowers Plate Longchamp
19th Century Majolica Oyster Flowers Plate Longchamp

19th Century Majolica Oyster Flowers Plate Longchamp

By Longchamp

Located in Austin, TX

French Majolica oyster plate with flowers circa 1890 signed Longchamp.

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1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

19th Century Majolica Oyster Flowers Plate Longchamp
19th Century Majolica Oyster Flowers Plate Longchamp

19th Century Majolica Oyster Flowers Plate Longchamp

By Longchamp

Located in Austin, TX

French Majolica oyster plate with flowers circa 1890 signed Longchamp.

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1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

CROWN DERBY - Hand Painted Imari Porcelain Service - 33 Pieces - U.K. - C. 1825
CROWN DERBY - Hand Painted Imari Porcelain Service - 33 Pieces - U.K. - C. 1825

CROWN DERBY - Hand Painted Imari Porcelain Service - 33 Pieces - U.K. - C. 1825

By Crown Derby

Located in Chatham, ON

CROWN DERBY (William Duesbury II period) - Imari Pattern - Exceptional large assembled early soft paste porcelain part dinner service - featuring hand painted Japanese style decorati...

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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, 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.