Dinner Plates
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass, Art Glass
1970s Scandinavian Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s Luxembourgish Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s British Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
1950s English Romantic Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Metal
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1870s German Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Luxembourgish Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 2000s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century German Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French Other Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
Early 1900s French Sporting Art Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s European French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Stainless Steel
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1950s Czech Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates
Mid-20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1810s French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1850s Biedermeier Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
1810s French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 20th Century Swedish Revival Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
20th Century French Art Deco Dinner Plates
Glass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Chinese Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1800s English George III Antique 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.