Dinner Plates
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Earthenware
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Argentine Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery, Clay
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Georgian Dinner Plates
Nickel
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1840s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1840s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Pewter
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Pewter
18th Century Other Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
1850s Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Paint, Porcelain
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Pewter
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Pewter
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Gold
1920s European Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
20th Century Luxembourgish Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French Country Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Belgian Dinner Plates
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1840s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Faience
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
Late 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Rustic 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.