Dinner Plates
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Dinner Plates
Metal
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Czech Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1990s Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Turkish Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century Spanish Bohemian Dinner Plates
Brass
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1970s German Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Danish Antique Dinner Plates
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Spanish Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1820s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
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.