Dinner Plates
2010s Peruvian Brutalist Dinner Plates
Clay
Late 18th Century European Louis XV Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Peruvian Brutalist Dinner Plates
Clay
18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century French William IV Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
1950s English Romantic Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
17th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Baroque Revival Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass, Art Glass
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Late 18th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
19th Century Czech Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1780s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Wood
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
18th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates
1950s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century German Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Clay
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century British Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1990s English 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.