Dinner Plates
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1910s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1990s Danish Dinner Plates
Faience
1760s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 20th Century Dinner Plates
20th Century French Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1830s English High Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Portuguese Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Finnish Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1830s British Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Austrian Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century British Renaissance Dinner Plates
Pewter
20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Early 20th Century Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1820s French Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Metal, Gold
Late 20th Century Spanish Bohemian Dinner Plates
Brass
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1840s English Japonisme Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
1950s European Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1990s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other 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.





