Dinner Plates
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Organic Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Clay
1930s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Turkish Dinner Plates
Crystal
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s French Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s English Dinner Plates
Bronze
2010s English Dinner Plates
Bronze
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s English Dinner Plates
Bronze
1960s Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1960s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
2010s Minimalist Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
1940s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze
2010s Turkish Dinner Plates
Crystal
1930s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Turkish Dinner Plates
Crystal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Organic Modern Dinner Plates
Majolica, Wood, Faience, Earthenware
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Mid-20th Century French Romantic Dinner Plates
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Teak
1940s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Glass
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Finnish Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Dinner Plates
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.