Dinner Plates
20th Century American American Classical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1980s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1750s English George II Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s English Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Brass
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s American Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Faience, Ceramic
Late 20th Century Tunisian Minimalist Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware, Pottery
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1850s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
18th Century German Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
2010s Malaysian Modern Dinner Plates
Gold
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware, Pottery
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ironstone, Paint
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Gold
1930s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Platinum
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Country Antique 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.