Dinner Plates
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
17th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century English Baroque Revival Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Maiolica
1950s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Italian Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Provincial Dinner Plates
Majolica
1890s Italian Antique Dinner Plates
Glass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Pottery
20th Century French Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Dinner Plates
Creamware
1970s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Delft, Faience
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
1990s Moroccan Moorish Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Gold
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s British Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1870s Danish Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1780s English George III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Japanese Meiji Dinner Plates
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
17th Century Edo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Dinner Plates
Pottery, Stoneware
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
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.





