Dinner Plates
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Country Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s English Country Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1940s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
1990s Danish Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s Italian Futurist Vintage Dinner Plates
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates
Art Glass
20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
1890s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Glass
1920s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s German Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Other Dinner Plates
Other
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1950s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
1950s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1880s English Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Dinner Plates
Pottery
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
19th Century American Antique 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.





