Dinner Plates
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s English Chinoiserie Vintage Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1940s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Stoneware
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s German Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century American American Classical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Swedish Dinner Plates
Glass
Early 20th Century Japanese Victorian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Meiji Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s English Country Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1870s German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Slovak Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1750s Antique Dinner Plates
Delft
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1840s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Faience
1810s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Bone, Porcelain
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Opaline Glass
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1850s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
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.