Dinner Plates
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1980s Portuguese Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
1980s Luxembourgish Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1980s Luxembourgish Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1980s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s British Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s French Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s English Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1980s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
1980s Japanese Minimalist Vintage Dinner Plates
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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.