Dinner Plates
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century American Modern Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware, Pottery
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Early 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Faience
20th Century American Renaissance Revival Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s European Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1980s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Chinoiserie Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century American Victorian Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Spanish Dinner Plates
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
1890s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Czech Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century German Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Dinner Plates
Crystal
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic, Polystyrene
20th Century German Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Mid-Century Modern Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
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.





