Dinner Plates
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Stainless Steel
1930s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
20th Century French Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Ceramic
18th Century English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Brass
20th Century German Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s British Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1800s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Thai Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s German Arts and Crafts Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Opaline Glass
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Ironstone
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1850s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Delft
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1870s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Gold Plate
1970s French Romantic Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
Mid-20th Century American Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Paste, Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
1960s Portuguese Organic Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Majolica
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s English Victorian Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1780s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
18th Century Asian Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern 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.





