Dinner Plates
Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ironstone, Paint
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Majolica
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Country Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Dinner Plates
Glass
20th Century Swedish Dinner Plates
Glass
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1950s English Romantic Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s Luxembourgish Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Glass
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware, Ceramic
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1860s German Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Brass
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Napoleon III Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Regency Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century European Dinner Plates
Silver
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
Late 20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Delft, Pottery
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1830s French Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Enamel
1930s American Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s French Baroque Vintage Dinner Plates
Agate, Gold
1920s German Jugendstil Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
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.





