Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Onyx, Marble
Early 20th Century English Rococo Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1800s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
Late 20th Century British Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
19th Century Austrian Other Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates
Stoneware
20th Century Swiss Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Renaissance Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
Late 19th Century French Federal Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
17th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
18th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Austrian Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1980s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Danish Antique Dinner Plates
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s German Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Wood, Plywood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary French Arts and Crafts Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Dinner Plates
Glass, Milk Glass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
20th Century Dinner Plates
Wood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Dinner Plates
Art Glass
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
1980s Portuguese Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
1950s French Art Deco Vintage 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.