Dinner Plates
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Georgian Dinner Plates
Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Silver
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
Early 19th Century Dutch Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Delft
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Majolica
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
1930s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
1880s British Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 18th Century British Antique Dinner Plates
Pewter
1830s English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 1900s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1970s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 20th Century Spanish Dinner Plates
Bronze
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Clay, Paint
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Stoneware
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s British Baroque Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Unknown Federal Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Belgian Victorian Antique 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.