Dinner Plates
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
20th Century German Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1990s English American Classical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s Belgian Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware
1960s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century Swedish Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1850s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s Czech Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Empire Dinner Plates
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English High Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Creamware, Pottery
Early 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Ironstone
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century American Country Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1770s English Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s British Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1870s English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
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.