Dinner Plates
2010s Argentine Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery, Clay
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
1950s Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Rosewood
2010s French Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Creamware
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Gold
Mid-20th Century English High Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1930s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Dinner Plates
Pottery
1950s English Rococo Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Silver
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Silver
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Silver
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1960s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Faience
1950s French Chinoiserie Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1960s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Mid-20th Century Czech Louis XVI Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Argentine Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Mid-20th Century Belgian Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Crystal
1940s French Japonisme Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Mid-20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Dinner Plates
Copper
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Mid-20th Century German Space Age Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Dinner Plates
Faience
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Copper, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
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.