Dinner Plates
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 1800s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Faience, Majolica
1960s German Empire Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Space Age Dinner Plates
Resin
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Wood
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Arts and Crafts Antique Dinner Plates
Brass
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware, Pottery
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 2000s Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Pottery
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Clay
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
20th Century French Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Japanese Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Danish Antique Dinner Plates
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s British Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
18th Century English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s Swedish Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
1960s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Brass
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1800s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
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.





