Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
1810s Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s German Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Onyx, Quartz
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass, Art Glass
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
17th Century Edo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Rose Quartz
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Dinner Plates
Sandstone
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Rattan, Wood
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1720s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Metal, Steel, Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Onyx, Quartz
1890s English Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Gold Plate
1960s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
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.