Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1810s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Lava, Silver Plate
1970s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
20th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
1880s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Early 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
20th Century American Dinner Plates
Silver
Early 1900s French Romantic Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Late 19th Century Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1840s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
20th Century Czech High Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
20th Century German Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1910s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience, Majolica, Paint
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
Early 19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
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.