Dinner Plates
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 2000s German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Dinner Plates
Faience
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass
1890s Belgian Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Enamel, Gold
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 2000s German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
18th Century Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Zebra Wood
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1870s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Faience
1860s English Empire Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
Early 1800s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s English Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1940s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1980s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
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.