Dinner Plates
20th Century Greek Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 20th Century American Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1850s Biedermeier Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Dinner Plates
Copper
1870s Danish Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Early 1900s Danish Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
1920s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Rococo Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1820s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Wood
20th Century Swiss Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s French Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century British Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Early Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Terracotta
20th Century American Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century British Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century British Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Dinner Plates
Wood
1870s German Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern 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.