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Modern Dinner Plates

MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

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Style: Modern
Contemporary Salad Bowl Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Apollo Bianco bowl leads us into a magic world. Shades of blue lapis lazuli evoke the magic of oriental novellas. A fairytale is...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Contemporary Charger Plate Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain. Charger rim plate, measures: Ø31cm - 12.2in Villa Borghese, Apollo Bianco collection Hand painted porcelain Hand painted 24-karat go...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Set of 12 Steuben Wheel Engraved Crystal or Glass Audubon Plates by Sydney Waugh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 12 Steuben crystal or glass plates. Designed by Sidney Waugh. With wheel engraved depictions of Audubon's birds. From a series of 21 birds after Audubon...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Dinner Plates

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Crystal

Contemporary Set of 2 Bread Rim Plates Red Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
The Scipione collection is named after a hall of the Borghese Gallery in Rome and evokes Roman military might. Hand painted in Italy from the finest por...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Gold

Contemporary Set of 4 Cereal Snack Bowls Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
The Piazza del Popolo collection is named after a Roman landmark, at the heart of Roman everyday life, and inspired by traditional, simple Italian artisanal pottery yet decorated in a personal and elegant key. Set of 4 mixed cereal bowls...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Gold

Contemporary Set of 4 Bread Rim Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
The Piazza del Popolo collection is named after a Roman landmark, at the heart of Roman everyday life, and inspired by traditional, simple Italian artisanal pottery yet decorated in ...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Gold

Contemporary Set of 2 Bread Rim Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
The Caravaggio collection is named after a hall of the Borghese Gallery in Rome and evokes Renaissance and Baroque art eternal beauty underlined by the gold finishes. Hand crafted in...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Dessert Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, these sand drop edge dessert coupe plates from the Chestnut collection have an original golden drop edge decoration emphasizing the br...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Teacups and Saucer Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Dafne teacup and saucer has a narrow pink and blue dotted rim surrounding a broad, delicate golden decor on the saucer, white wi...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Dinner Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, these white craquelé edge dinner coupe plates from the Confetti collection have an original golden craquelé rim emphasizing the brilli...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Ceramic Plate with Vegetable Face Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fornasetti porcelain plate with face made with arranged vegetables. Stamped "2, Fornasetti-Milano, Made in Italy, Arcimboldesca'" to the underside.
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Oval Platter Gold Hand Painted Plate Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this oval rim platter, from the Scipione collection, is sprinkled on the rim with a light decor of golden dots and thin circles; all around the edge, a narrow, African red decor...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Dinner Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this white craquelé edge dinner coupe plate from the Berry collection has an original golden craquelé rim emphasizing the brilliant wh...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Soup Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, these Scipione red soup plates are enameled with a brilliant African red decor, enriched by intertwining golden nuggets and brushstrokes and a thin golden rim.  Set of 2 soup coupe plates, red, measures: Ø22cm Villa Borghese, Scipione collection Hand painted porcelain Hand painted 24-karat gold Made in Italy First introduced at Milan Design Week 2018, the Scipione line is named after a hall of the Borghese Gallery in Rome and evokes ancient Roman military...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Contemporary Modern, Çini Porcelain Dinner Plate, Decorated Both Sides, Set of 6
Located in İstanbul, İstanbul
Çini porcelain plates derived from an extensive research and deconstruction of traditional Ottoman tile work. While the patterns are repeated regularly in...
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2010s Turkish Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Glass Charger with Gold Rim Purple
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
A luxurious tableware collection composed of 6 handmade glass charger made in Italy The gold rim is real gold and hand applied To be used both as a pla...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Glass

Ice Cream Handpainted Ceramic Plates, Made in Italy Set of 2
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Summer and ice creams what a perfect combination for your table Handpainted in Italy.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Contemporary Modern, Çini Porcelain Breakfast Plate, Decorated on Both, Set of 6
Located in İstanbul, İstanbul
Çini porcelain plates derived from an extensive research and deconstruction of traditional Ottoman tile work. While the patterns are repeated regularly in...
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2010s Turkish Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Timo Sarpaneva for Rosenthal, Six Rare Suomi Porcelain Dinner Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Timo Sarpaneva for Rosenthal. Six rare Suomi porcelain dinner plates decorated with water lilies. 1970s / 80s. Diameter: 24.5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.
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1970s German Vintage Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Dessert Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Michelangelo green dessert coupe plate is material and earthy, like the great Renaissance Master's ...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Fine Bone China Plate with Unique Silk-Screen Decals, Plate 6
Located in London, GB
Garden Ware, 1882 Ltd. with Bruce McLean. Acclaimed conceptual artist Bruce McLean debued a vast new body of work titled Garden Ware that was on exhibition at the Victoria and Albert...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Ceramic Julia Dinner Plate by Fornasetti for Rosenthal
Located in Atlanta, GA
A "Julia" porcelain plate with surrealism designs by Piero Fornasetti for Rosenthal, an iconic series from 'Temi e variazioni' (“Themes and Va...
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Late 20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

33 Piece German Porcelain and Gold Greek Key Dinnerware in the Manner of Versace
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An impressive set of German Porcelain dinner ware - The Hollywood Regency Sophisticated Greek Key pattern in Gold will give any table the look of...
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20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Dinner Plates Set Six Charger Platters Serveware Majolica Ceramic Aquamarine
Located in Recanati, IT
This exclusive set of six plates, in majolica painted in polychrome, reinterprets the "VARIO RICCO" decoration of the sixteenth century in Deruta: our plates are handmade and hand-pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Ceramic Julia Dinner Plate by Fornasetti for Rosenthal
Located in Atlanta, GA
A "Julia" porcelain plate with surrealism designs by Piero Fornasetti for Rosenthal, an iconic series from 'Temi e variazioni' (“Themes and Va...
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Late 20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Salad Bowl Gold Hand Painted in Italy Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this blue marble Chestnut salad bowl has an original golden crackled rim emphasizing the warm sandy surface covered with little multic...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Charger Plate Set Six Dinner Plates Table Serveware Majolica Aquamarine Painted
Located in Recanati, IT
This colorful and elegant set of 6 majolica charger plates is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter: every artist's brushstroke, which you can see on each plate, contributes to make our plates look bold and unique. The plates feature fluttering ribbons that frame recently blossomed flowers, representing the triumph of life and youth. A stylish set of charger plates...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Majolica

Contemporary Set of 2 Coffee Cups and Saucer Gold Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this tea cup and saucer, from the Scipione Collection, is decorated on the outside with African red enamel intertwined with small gol...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Charger Plate Set Six Dinner Plates Serveware Tableware Majolica Painted Italy
Located in Recanati, IT
Set of six majolica charger plates is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter. The elegant decoration is composed of a halo of blue foliage that resembles four groups of wings: from the center of the plate, further ornamental elements develop, projected outwards, which give movement to the entire compositional structure. The beauty of these majolica plates is underlined by the artist's visible brushstrokes that give them a unique style. Further possibility to order a set of 4 or 12 charger...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic, Majolica

Dinner Plates Set Four Charger Platters Serveware Majolica Ceramic Purple Italy
Located in Recanati, IT
This luxurious set of four plates, in majolica painted in polychrome, reinterprets the "VARIO RICCO" decoration of the sixteenth century in Deruta: ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Majolica

Contemporary Set of 2 Dinner Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this white craquelé edge dinner coupe plate from the Chestnut collection has an original golden craquelé rim emphasizing the brilliant...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Fruit Bowls Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, these chestnuti fruit bowls are decorated outside with a warm sandy surface covered with little multicolor dots. Set of 2 fruit bow...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

New Modern Dish in White Michelangelo Marble, creator Ivan Colominas, Stock
Located in Milan, IT
Sculptural, bright white, well-defined and multi-fold. Colominas has created a table service inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti’s soft lines, exalting the shape and structure of objects ...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Marble

Ikat Dessert Porcelain Plates Set of 6
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Colors is the trademark of Les-Ottomans and ikat our signature design Set of 6 dessert plate, made in Italy.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Charger Plate Set Four Dinner Plates Serveware Majolica Aquamarine Hand Painted
Located in Recanati, IT
This colorful and elegant set of 4 majolica charger plates is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter: every artist's brushstroke, which you can see on each plate, contributes to make our plates look bold and unique. The plates feature fluttering ribbons that frame recently blossomed flowers, representing the triumph of life and youth. A stylish set of charger plates...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Majolica

Dinner Plates Set Four Charger Platters Serveware Majolica Ceramic Aquamarine
Located in Recanati, IT
This luxurious set of four plates, in majolica painted in polychrome, reinterprets the "VARIO RICCO" decoration of the sixteenth century in Deruta: ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Majolica

Ceramic Julia Dinner Plate by Fornasetti for Rosenthal
Located in Atlanta, GA
A "Julia" porcelain plate with surrealism designs by Piero Fornasetti for Rosenthal, an iconic series from 'Temi e variazioni' (“Themes and Va...
Category

Late 20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Charger Plate Set Six Dinner Plates Table Serveware Majolica Blue Painted Damask
Located in Recanati, IT
This magnificent set of 6 majolica charger plates is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Topkapi Set of 6 Dessert Plates Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
The hidden places of the Ottoman Empire are perfectly represented in this collection set of 6 dessert plates.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Tea Cups and Saucer Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Michelangelo tea cup and saucer is material and earthy, like the great Renaissance Master's work. It conveys classical beauty an...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Dessert Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Apollo Bianco Dessert Plate has a brilliant night sky enamel decor intermingled with star-like gold dots. Set of 2 dessert coupe...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Dessert Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Blue Marble Drop Edge Dessert Coupe Plate has an original golden rim emphasizing the elegant emerald enamel with its blue yellow and green décor...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Dinner Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Caravaggio dinner plate underlines tradition thanks to its expressive decoration of big red, yellow and light-blue splotches, whe...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Charger Plate Set Six Dinner Plates Table Serving Majolica Ceramic Blue Pink
Located in Recanati, IT
This colorful set of 6 majolica charger plates is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter. The elegant decoration is composed by a halo of blue foliage that resembles four groups of wings surrounding light pink backgrounds: further ornamental elements develop from the center of the plate, projected outwards and giving movement to the entire compositional structure. The beauty of these majolica plates is underlined by the artist's visible brushstrokes that give them a unique style. Further possibility to order a set of 4 or 12 charger...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

New Modern Dish in Black Marquinia Marble, creator Ivan Colominas, Stock
Located in Milan, IT
Sculptural, bright white, well-defined and multi-fold. Colominas has created a table service inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti’s soft lines, exalting the shape and structure of objects ...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Marble

Dinner Plates Set Four Charger Plate Table Serving Majolica Ceramic Blue Pink
Located in Recanati, IT
This colorful set of 4 majolica charger plates is handmade and hand-painted in Italy following the original Renaissance painting technique, unchanged over time, which we observe to the letter. The elegant decoration is composed by a halo of blue foliage that resembles four groups of wings surrounding light pink backgrounds: further ornamental elements develop from the center of the plate, projected outwards and giving movement to the entire compositional structure. The beauty of these majolica plates is underlined by the artist's visible brushstrokes that give them a unique style. Further possibility to order a set of 6 or 12 charger...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Contemporary Set of 2 Dessert Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Scipione dessert plate has the rim sprinkled with a light decor of golden dots and thin circles all around; all around the edge,...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Ceramic Plate with Vegetable Face Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fornasetti Porcelain Plate with face made with arranged vegetables. Stamped "6, Fornasetti-Milano, Made in Italy, Arcimboldesca'" and "Arzberg Germany...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Earthenware Dinner Plate, Interpretation of Traditional Creamware
Located in London, GB
Indigo Storm, 1882 Ltd. with Faye Toogood. Faye Toogood’s range of ceramic designs for 1882 Ltd. celebrates the accidental beauty of natural imperfec...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates

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Ceramic

Dinner Plates Set Six Charger Platters Serveware Majolica Ceramic Purple Painted
Located in Recanati, IT
This luxurious set of six plates, in majolica painted in polychrome, reinterprets the "VARIO RICCO" decoration of the sixteenth century in Deruta: our plates are handmade and hand-pa...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Contemporary Set of 2 Dessert Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, these Craquelé edge dessert coupe plates from the Chestnut Collection. The original golden crackled edge emphasizes the warm sandy sur...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Coffee Cups and Saucer Gold Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Michelangelo coffee cup and saucer is material and earthy, like the great Renaissance Master's work. It conveys classical beauty...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Salad Bowl Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this blue marble Craquelé Edge salad bowl has an original golden crackled rim emphasizing the blue yellow and green decor...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Set of 2 Fruit Bowls Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Blue Marble Fruit Bowl is decorated outside with a blue yellow and green décor crowned by a...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Charger Art Déco Garden André Fu Living Tableware New
Located in Admiralty, HK
Description: Charger Color: Beige gold Size: 31 Ø x 2.5 H cm Material: Porcelain and gold Collection: Art Déco Garden Larger quantities available upon request, with 8 weeks pr...
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2010s Malaysian Modern Dinner Plates

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Gold

Contemporary Set of 2 Soup Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Michelangelo Green Soup Coupe plate is material and earthy, like the great Renaissance Master's work. ...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Contemporary Oval Platter Gold Hand Painted Plate Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Dafne large oval rim platter has a narrow pink and blue dotted rim surrounding a broad, delicate golden decor of stylized flower...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Platter Ø36cm Gold Hand Painted Plate Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this rim platter, from the Scipione collection, is sprinkled on the rim with a light decor of golden dots and thin circles; all around the edge, a narrow, African red decor...
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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Modern dinner plates for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Modern dinner plates for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage dinner plates created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern dinner plates made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original dinner plates, popular names associated with this style include Coralla Maiuri, André Fu, Ivan Colominas, and Barberini & Gunnell. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for dinner plates differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $26 and tops out at $49,278 while the average work can sell for $318.

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