Dinner Plates
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Faience
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
1880s British Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Dinner Plates
Faience
Mid-20th Century French Dinner Plates
Faience, Ceramic
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Dinner Plates
Enamel
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
1920s English Directoire Vintage Dinner Plates
Creamware
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Plastic
1930s French Art Nouveau Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century French Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 1900s German Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
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.