Dinner Plates
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s German Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1840s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1880s Belgian Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 20th Century German Empire Dinner Plates
Gold
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Ironstone
1970s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 18th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Chinoiserie Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English High Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1860s German Mid-Century Modern Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s English Early Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
1990s French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s English Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1760s German Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s British Baroque Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
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.