Dinner Plates
1920s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel, Gold
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s British Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s American Aesthetic Movement Vintage Dinner Plates
Crystal
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s French Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1910s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1920s French Renaissance Revival Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1910s British Edwardian Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
2010s Organic Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Romantic Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Gold Plate
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Romantic Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Turkish Dinner Plates
Crystal
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
2010s English Dinner Plates
Bronze
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s English Dinner Plates
Bronze
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.