Dinner Plates
1920s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Bone, Porcelain
1910s English Belle Époque Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Pearlware, Pottery
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Marble
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
Mid-20th Century Italian Organic Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
1910s European Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
1920s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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.