Dinner Plates
20th Century Dinner Plates
Wood
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary English Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Czech Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Czech Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 1900s German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Pottery
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Scandinavian Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
1860s German Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Late 20th Century English Victorian Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
1930s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century European Baroque Revival Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Majolica
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Silver
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware, Pottery
18th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Metal
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Dinner Plates
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1780s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Silver
1930s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
19th Century French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Dinner Plates
Glass, Milk Glass
1970s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Chinese Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s German 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.