Dinner Plates
Early 2000s Thai Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1850s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1990s American Dinner Plates
Glass
1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Japonisme Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1910s British Baroque Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1990s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates
Gold
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Earthenware
Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1820s English Regency Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s Austrian Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s British Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
20th Century American American Classical Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
20th Century Danish Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century German Empire Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1950s British Neoclassical Vintage Dinner Plates
Gold, Enamel
20th Century Swedish Dinner Plates
Glass
20th Century English Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
1840s English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1870s German Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1950s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Neoclassical 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.





