Dinner Plates
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1930s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s French Baroque Vintage Dinner Plates
Agate, Gold
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Baroque Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1820s English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Late 20th Century Spanish Country Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Japanese American Classical Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century European Dinner Plates
Silver
1890s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Turkish Dinner Plates
Crystal
Late 19th Century Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century German Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1820s English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1880s English Arts and Crafts Antique Dinner Plates
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.