Dinner Plates
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Crystal
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Copper, Steel
Early 1900s French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery, Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Glass, Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Stoneware
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern 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.