Dinner Plates
20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century German Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
Early 20th Century European Dinner Plates
Silver
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Early 1900s Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dinner Plates
1970s European French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Country Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Austrian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s Danish Late Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Dinner Plates
Art Glass
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Clay, Majolica
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Czech Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Glass
1950s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Silver
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Other Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century British Modern Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century European Baroque Revival Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century British Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1830s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Industrial Dinner Plates
Glass
Mid-20th Century Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Glass
2010s Italian 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.





