Dinner Plates
1980s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Romantic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s European Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1990s Sri Lankan American Classical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Clay
1760s German Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1770s English Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Ironstone
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
Early 1800s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Mid-20th Century British Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s English Napoleon III Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
20th Century French Modern Dinner Plates
Gold
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1920s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
1950s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1880s Belgian Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1820s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1850s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Victorian Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
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.