Dinner Plates
Early 1900s French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century English Folk Art Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century German Folk Art Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century German Folk Art Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s English Napoleon III Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1950s Italian Folk Art Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Dinner Plates
Wicker, Rattan
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s American American Classical Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1870s French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Dinner Plates
Pottery, Terracotta
Late 19th Century Chinese Folk Art Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Faience, Ceramic
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
20th Century German Folk Art Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Austrian Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1850s French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Glass
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.