Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware
1990s Sri Lankan Art Deco Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Dinner Plates
Art Glass
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1920s Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Glass
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Gold Plate
1930s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1910s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1860s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Swiss Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Minimalist Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s English Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware, Pottery
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
Late 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
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.