Dinner Plates
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Meissen
1920s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Faience
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Faience
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Faience
1980s German Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware, Pottery
19th Century French Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
1920s American Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Portuguese Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dinner Plates
Birch
1970s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1980s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1910s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
20th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
1880s Belgian Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s German Grand Tour Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
1960s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Wood
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Bone, Porcelain
1930s Czech Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century American Renaissance Revival Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s British Baroque Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1880s French Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Metal
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Ceramic
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.