Dinner Plates
19th Century European Mid-Century Modern Antique Dinner Plates
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Malaysian Modern Dinner Plates
Gold
1940s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Kenyan International Style Dinner Plates
Beech, Beads, Hardwood
1930s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Terracotta
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ironstone, Paint
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Swedish Art Deco Dinner Plates
Late 18th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware, Pottery
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1850s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s English Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Regency Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
2010s Spanish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Tunisian Minimalist Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French Romantic Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century English Other Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Terracotta
2010s Malaysian Modern Dinner Plates
Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1880s German Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 2000s European Dinner Plates
Gold
19th Century British Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Dinner Plates
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
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.