Dinner Plates
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Czech Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
21st Century and Contemporary English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Arts and Crafts Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Dinner Plates
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s American Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Italian Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Paint
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1800s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
17th Century Chinese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s British Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Late 20th Century British Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s German Art Nouveau Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Belgian Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Crystal
1870s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Gold
19th Century Austrian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century Greek Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1850s Antique Dinner Plates
Silver
Early 1800s Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Dinner Plates
Bronze, Copper
20th Century Swiss Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Regency Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary English Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Regency 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.





