Dinner Plates
2010s Argentine Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery, Clay
18th Century European Antique Dinner Plates
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish 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
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
2010s Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Dinner Plates
Meissen
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates
Ironstone
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1920s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Dutch Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1890s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Organic Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s American American Classical Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Crystal
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1880s French Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Pottery
1920s French Renaissance Revival Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
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.