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Dinner Plates For Sale
PH Choisy French Creamware Neoclassical Fontainbleu à Paris Architecture Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Neoclassical faïence transfer printed creamware plate produced by P&H Choisy, circa 1824-1836.
A black transfer of an architectural image on a creamware body, depicting t...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Creamware
Antique English Periwinkle Blue Dessert Service for 16, Spode Circa 1820
By Spode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
What a lovely service with so many pieces. Made by the re known English factory, Spode and hand written species detailed in script to the back of each piece. This set features a rais...
Category
1820s British Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Creil et Montereau Canary Yellow Creamware Transferware Strolling Women Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Creil et Montereau Canary Yellow creamware, transfer printed plate, circa 1830.
Dating to the French Restoration period, this transfer-printed plate is glazed in the distinctive brilliant canary yellow for which the Creil and Monterau potteries were known. Printed in the neoclassic style, the image shows two women and a young girl walking together in a romantic landscape, in front of a house with a thatched roof. A wide, stylized floral border makes up the rim of the plate.
Creil et Montereau Faïenceries operated in the French communes of Creil, Oise, and Montereau, from 1797 until 1876 under Lebeuf...
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Creamware
Creil et Montereau Canary Yellow Creamware Transferware Women & Child Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Creil et Montereau Canary Yellow creamware, transfer printed plate, circa 1830.
Dating to the French Restoration period, this transfer-printed plate is glazed in the distinctive...
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Creamware
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Old Danish Charger Plate 1014
Located in Hellerup, DK
A sterling silver Georg Jensen charger plate, design #1014 by Harald Nielsen from 1952.
Additional information:
Material: Sterling silver
Styles: Art D...
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20th Century Art Deco Dinner Plates
Materials
Sterling Silver
Neoclassical Creil Creamware Plate
Located in New York, NY
Neoclassical Creil creamware plate. Antique black and white soup plate "Naissance de Romulus et de Remus" with grapevine border. Impressed and undergla...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Creamware
19th Century French Napoleon III Black and White Hunt Scenes Plates, Set of 10
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant set of ten antique plates was crafted in Sarreguemines, France, circa 1870. Each hand painted plate features an illustrated hunt scene. Every black and white ceramic plate has French writing narrating the event including the first one which reads: "Bien des chasseurs se vantent du gibier qu'ils ne tuent pas: lui au contraire en tue beaucoup et ne se vante pas". They are: "Chasse aux Canards Sauvages", "Chasse aux Faisans", "Battue aux Chevreuils", "Chasse aux Cailles...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Creil et Montereau Canary Yellow Creamware Transferware Figures with a Dog Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Creil et Montereau Canary Yellow creamware, transfer printed plate, circa 1830.
Dating to the French Restoration period, this transfer-printed plate is glazed in the distinctive...
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Creamware
Samuel Alcock & Co. Strawberry and Grape Leaf Plate, England, circa 1850
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A strawberry and grape leaf plate, from Samuel Alcock & Co, Burslem, Staffordshire, England, circa 1850.
A central grape leaf is shown with a vine border, along with purple bunche...
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Mid-19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Set of Six 1960 Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Plates. Made by Arabia, Finland.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of six Thanksgiving "turkey design" dinner plates.
The plates are made of white porcelain with a hand painted milk chocolate brown (may show darker in photos) band around the rim...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany, Pink Rose, Five Dinner Plates, Mid-20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, Pink Rose, five dinner plates, hand painted with motif of pink roses.
Mid-20th century
In excellent condition.
Second and third factory quality.
Marked.
Dimens...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Ceramist, 24 Dinner Plates in Glazed Stoneware, Mid-20th C
Located in Copenhagen, DK
French ceramist. 24 dinner plates in glazed stoneware.
Beautiful glaze in azure shades. Unique, high-quality ceramics. Mid-20th century.
Measures: ...
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Mid-20th Century French Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Stoneware
Gustavsberg Argenta Plate, Swedish Art Deco
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Gustavsberg Argenta plate, Swedish Art Deco.
Stoneware plate with silver inlay, circa 1930s, Sweden.
Free shipping within the United States and...
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20th Century Swedish Art Deco Dinner Plates
Bloor Derby Set of 10 Plates, Fruit Paintings by Thomas Steel, Regency 1820-1825
By Bloor Derby, Thomas Steel
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular and very rare set of ten dessert plates made by Derby in about 1825, which was the Regency era. The plates are richly gilded, each with an individual gilt pattern, and have superb fruit paintings, also each unique, by the famous porcelain decorator Thomas Steel.
One can occasionally find one of these plates in the market, but to find a whole set of 10 in such fabulous condition is extremely rare.
The Derby factory, later reshaped into Royal Crown Derby, is currently the oldest British porcelain factory still in production. Derby was one of the most prominent potteries right from the start of English porcelain production in the mid 1700s to today. Their items are of exceptionally high quality and many of the designs have become iconic, particularly the Imari designs; many of these are still being made today. Derby made many exciting designs in the Regency era, and these plates are beautiful examples. The marking at the bottom indicates that the plates were produced some time between 1806 and 1825, when the company was called "Bloor Derby"; however the style is from between 1820 and 1825.
Thomas Steel (sometimes written as Steele) is considered the very best 19th Century porcelain painter of fruits. He was born in Staffordshire in 1772 and was first apprenticed by Wedgwood. He moved to Derby in 1815, where he became the foremost flower and fruit painter. In 1825 he moved on to the Rockingham factory in Yorkshire, and a few years later to Minton in Staffordshire, where he worked the rest of his life.
Steel had a very recognisable style of fruit painting, perhaps best described by the biographer John Haslem:
"Steele painted both flowers and insects well, but as a painter of fruit on china he had no superior, if, indeed, he had any equal in his day... His grouping is harmonious, the light and shade well managed, each piece of fruit is well rounded, and the outline softened and blended into the one next to it, each partaking of the reflected colour from the other."
These plates each have a different richly gilded border, and octagonal paintings...
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1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Rörstrand, Glunt, Soup Plate, 1960s
By Rörstrand
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
The two soup plates on offer here are manufactured by the Swedish firm Rörstrand, the designer of the form / pattern was Christina Cam...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware, Ceramic
Rob Turner Hand Painted Dessert Side Plates, Set of 4
Located in New York, NY
A set of four (4) side or dessert plates by Rob Turner. England, circa 2000. Made of fine bone china ith gold decoration. Hand painted in an abstract, festi...
Category
Early 2000s European Dinner Plates
Materials
Gold
Set of Six Vintage Creamware Plates
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Set of six vintage creamware dinner plates, beautifully decorated with a red transferware print of delicate flowerbuds and foliage. The plates have a pretty scalloped rim, highlighte...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Faience
Villeroy & Boch, Luxembourg, five deep plates in stoneware, 1980s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Villeroy & Boch, Luxembourg, five deep plates in stoneware featuring various vegetable motifs. "Primabella" collection.
Approximately from the 1980s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Dimen...
Category
1980s Luxembourgish Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Stoneware
Antique New Hall English Porcelain Dish or Plate Pattern 435, PC
By New Hall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain dish or plate.
By New Hall.
With an eye-catching gilt rim that alternates between panels of iron-red underglaze countryside and gilt geometric ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Kangxi/Yongzheng Qing Period Chinese Flower Garden Porcelain Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely plate from the Kangxi / Yongzheng period.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Period: 18th century
China Dynas...
Category
18th Century Asian Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Iittala, Finland. Two large dinner plates/cover plates in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Iittala, Finland.
Two large dinner plates/serving plates in porcelain with an owl motif on a branch.
From the "Taika" series.
Approximately the year 2000.
Marked.
In perfect conditi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Napoléon III Porcelain de Paris Plates with Floral Décor, Sold Separately
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Napoléon III period Porcelaine de Paris plates from the late 19th century, with floral décor. The plates are sold individually $145 each, the large platter is priced $225. Cre...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Antique Chinese Porcelain Plates Rooster Rock in Garden Qianlong
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Great pieces to have a lovely christmas dinner from :) . Beautiful blue and white plates in good condition. Decor of roosters on rocks with flowers and butterflies.
Additional infor...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Black, White and Yellow Massimo Vignelli for Heller Dishes - Set of 24
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Winner of the prestigious Compasso d'Oro award for Good Design in 1964, Massimo Vignelli's iconic dinnerware for Heller (likely designed with his equally talented wife Lella) has bee...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Plastic
Antique Kangxi/Yongzheng Qing Period Chinese Porcelain Plate Pagode Bamboo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely plate from the Kangxi / Yongzheng period. Pagode garden scene.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Period: 18t...
Category
18th Century Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Majolica Asparagus Dinner Plates with Colorful Flowers, Seven Available
Located in Atlanta, GA
French Majolica asparagus plates from the 19th century with colorful flowers, ten available priced and sold individually. Born in France during the 19th century, each of these majolica plates features a delicate décor showcasing asparagus with lavender hued spear heads, surrounded by lovely flowers of pink, red or orange tones, standing out beautifully on their green leaves. Perfect to adorn any dining table or be displayed in a vaisselier, these French Majolica 19th century...
Category
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Majolica
La Menagerie Ottomane Zebras Porcelain Dinner Plate Handmade in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Few people knew about the presence of exotic animals inside the Sultans' palaces. Most of them were gifts given to him by chief of other States and soon they became popular as they r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 11 Antique 19th Century Gold Porcelain "Armorial" Plate and Shell Dishes.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 11 Antique 19th Century Gold Porcelain "Armorial" Plate and Shell Dishes with Coat of Arms: Translation, "To Each His Own."
7 Plates:
1" H x 9" D
2 Scalloped Bowls:
2" H x 9 1...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Important Estate Set of 3 Painted Porcelain Esteban Murillo Dish Plate Chargers
Located in New York, NY
The Following Items we are offering is an Important Set of 3 Estate Suisse Langenthal Esteban Murillo Plates from Switzerland. Beautifully done with Fine Quality and Detail. In Great...
Category
20th Century Swiss Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Faïence Majolica Glazed Pastel Asparagus Plate, circa 1890-1910
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A scarce French barbotine Majolica pastel glazed Asparagus plate, circa 1890-1910, maker unknown.
The mint green plate is of high quality ceramic, showing arching asparagus spears...
Category
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Rustic French Faïence Majolica Square Asparagus Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rustic country French barbotine Majolica glazed Asparagus plate, circa 1890-1900, maker unknown.
A natural colored square plate, heavily potted, showing bound and arching aspara...
Category
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of English Creamware Plates, 18th Century, from Important Danish Collection
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Pair of English creamware plates, 18th century, from important Danish collection
H. 2 Dia. 21 cm
H. 0.7 Dia. 8.2 in
Category
18th Century European Antique Dinner Plates
Marked Joseph Heinrichs Chafing Dish Set (complete) Stickley Era– w8013
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an antique Arts & Crafts Joseph Heinrichs Copper Chafing Dish set. It is made from hand-hammered copper. Includes the COMPLETE set with no...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Dinner Plates
Materials
Copper
Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Salmon-Ground Plate, French Marigold
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Salmon-ground Plate,
French Marigold,
by John Brewer,
Circa 1815.
The Derby porcelain plate is boldly painte...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Antique Dresden White Porcelain Dinner Plates with Gilt Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of 12 antique porcelain dinner plates were made by the renowned Dresden factory of Germany in approximately 1890 in a Rococo R...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Four Acid Green Floral Glass Plates
Located in New York, NY
Set of four acid green floral glass plates. Four acid green iridescent ripple edge glass hand painted plates, United States, early 20th century
Dimensions: 7.63” diameter x .75” hei...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Glass
Antique Arita Japanese Porcelain Plate, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice and beautiful
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Primary Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 18th century
Japanese Style: Ar...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Worcester Multi-Color Hand-Painted Enamel Breakfast Service for Two
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It doesn't get more complete than this full breakfast service for two. Each piece is uniquely painted in a bright and cheerful palette of flowers and...
Category
1930s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Paste, Porcelain
Mid-century Modern Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Appetizer Fish Kebab Dishes and Tray
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Appetizer Fish Kebab Dishes and Serving Tray,
1960s
There are four ceramic deep rectangular dishes placed in a long rectangular gold metal tray with handles at each end.
The trays together display a single large fish kebab on a skewer with each dish showing one part of the kebab. The kebab holds two different fish, shrimp, lemon slices, olives, egg slices...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Aluminum
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates, A Pair Decorated with Sea Shells and Anemones
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plates,
decorated with sea anemones, urchins and shells,
#7 & #12 from Conchiglie Pattern,
Circa 1960-1970s.
The Fornasetti plates are dec...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 8 Royal Worcester Aesthetic Period Plates, 19th Century, England
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Set of 8 Royal Worcester Aesthetic Period Plates, 19th Century, England. A striking design in a blue and white pattern, banded with center medallion. Royal Worcester and date marks, ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
6 Pieces of Porcelain Plates, Rozenthal, Czechoslovakia
By Rosenthal
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original conditions.
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Ko Imari Charger Crane Flowers Spur Marks
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Large and amazing charger with a scene of a stunning crane between flowers/plants. The blue colors are amazing. Many spur marks at the base
Additional information:
Material: Porcela...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Erphila Edinburgh Blue Plaid Pottery Dinner Plates Made Italy
By Erphila
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous vintage Erphila Edinburgh Made in Italy blue plaid 10” pottery dinner plates, set of 8. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear even if it has been refinished or restored. Specifically, there are small chips in 2 plates. Please see photos and zoom in for details as they are part of the condition report. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Mid-20th Century.
Now THAT’S Italian!!! Oh, La La!! We have a lovely set of 8 vintage Erphila Eidenburgh 10-inch dinner plates… Made in Italy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Pottery
Set of 10 French Black and White Creamware Plates of French Landmarks
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 10 French (19th Century) black and white transfer creamware plates of historic French landmarks. (priced as set).
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Rustic Majolica Plums Plate Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Rustic Majolica Plums Plate Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Porcelain Polychrome Eggshell Style Plate, 19/20C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice and beautiful dish
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Primary Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19th century, 20th century...
Category
20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Majolica Strawberries Plate Luneville, circa 1880
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica strawberries plate circa 1880 Luneville.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Cook Plates-Calcutta Minestrone and Corfam Du Pont
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Recipe Cook Plates,
Calcutta Minestrone and Corfam A La Du Pont,
Made for Fleming Joffe,
Silkscreen & Transfer,
1960s-early 70s.
These two Piero Fornasetti porcelain plates are from a series made for the Fleming Joffe hide company in New York City. These were originally given as a pair to clients in a box with a cardboard box with a faux hide covering. It is very rare to find two plates staying together like these.
Included with the two plates is the paper separator and the original Thank you card...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Assiette décorative Robert Picault en céramique française Vallauris 1970 vintage
Located in London, England
Assiette décorative de Robert Picault un petit trou derrière le manche est prévu pour l'accrocher au mur.
Autre plus elle a été réalisé par Robert ...
Category
1970s European French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 5 Antique European Regout Dishes Maastricht Landscapes, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nice antique regout dishes.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Europe
Period: 20th century
Decoration Type / Colour: Blue & White
Condition...
Category
20th Century Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Austrian Porcelain Plates with Fish
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 12 Austrian (19th Century) white and grey porcelain plates with floral design and fish at center (PRICED AS SET).
Category
19th Century Austrian Other Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti for Fleming Joffe “Iguana and Chicken Breasts” Recipe Plate, 1960s
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare 1960s Piero Fornasetti for Fleming Joffe Ltd. “Iguana and Chicken Breasts” recipe hand-decorated and gilt porcelain “Cook Plate”.
Wonderfully wry recipe for an absurdly impro...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Bread and Butter Plates Vintage EB Foley England Bone China ‘Montrose’
By Foley China
Located in Bastogne, BE
Excellent English porcelain bread and butter plates from the EB Foley Bone China manufacture. Circa 1960s.
A lot of delicacy in the design and realization of these plates. On a whit...
Category
1950s English Romantic Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Wedgwood Little Red Riding Hood Collectible Plates, Vibrantly Hand Colored
By Wedgwood
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Collector Quality set of 2 plates from Wedgwood's iconic Little Red Riding Hood Series. A combination of detailed transferware and hand coloring brings...
Category
1890s British Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Enamel
Set of 4 Vintage Le Creuset Divided Snack Plates for Sushi, Tapas.
By Le Creuset
Located in Mérida, YU
Very good original condition. Probably never used.
Very nice colors 2 white plates and 2 midcentury brown.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Derby Porcelain Plates, Pattern 126, Painted by William Longden, Set of Six
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
The beautiful and stylish Derby porcelain set of six plates are painted by William Longden with fruit within a heart-shaped gilt border. The fruit depicted include grapes, plums, str...
Category
1790s English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Astrological Zodiac Plate, Cancer, Gli Zodiaci Farmacope
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrological Zodiac Porcelain Plate-for the Zodiac sign Cancer,
Gli Zodiaci Farmacopei, No 8,
Especially made for Crinos By...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
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.