Dinner Plates
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s British Baroque Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
1880s German Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1770s Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware, Pottery
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Faience
19th Century French Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
1910s English Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s German Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Faience
1980s Mexican Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Silver
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Country Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s English Late Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Meissen
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1830s English High Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1760s German Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dinner Plates
Birch
Late 20th Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Late 20th Century European Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Clay
1890s French Rococo Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
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.