Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
In 1880, polymath designer William Morris declared: “If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” His words encapsulated the Aesthetic Movement, which prized beauty above all and blurred the lines between fine art and the decorative arts, particularly through lavishly crafted furniture pieces.
The Aesthetic Movement, whose major proponents included author Oscar Wilde, flourished from the 1860s to the 1880s and was mostly popular in England and the United States. Design expositions like the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia, as well as the publishing of how-to books for interior design, helped disseminate Aesthetic Movement bedroom furniture, serveware, coffee tables and other items, especially to the middle class.
The establishment of new art museums, art clubs and a rising passion for collecting at the time contributed to a growing appreciation for art. Morris’s founding of Morris Co. in 1862 and the commercializing of this “cult of beauty” by the Liberty store in London, starting in the late 19th century, further disseminated the idea of a domestic space that was thoughtfully and floridly designed.
Leading Aesthetic Movement furniture designers included E.W. Godwin, who drew on Japanese influences and whose work reflected a wider enthusiasm for imported East Asian art. British designer Christopher Dresser created textiles, ceramics and more that were also inspired by Japanese decorative art but were representative of additional diverse design sources that ranged from Egypt to Mexico.
The Aesthetic Movement’s eclecticism resulted in dazzling interiors. Japanese fans were positioned on Renaissance-inspired cabinets with brass hardware, while mantels made of rich walnut or finely carved ebonized wood and adorned with painted Minton tiles mingled with cast-iron chairs against a backdrop of floral wallpaper. In 1881, in New York City, stenciled checkerboard motifs and painted floral murals could be found under an opalescent glass chandelier in a luxurious dressing room designed by German émigré cabinetmaker-decorator George Alfred Schastey. Amid the rise of the industrial age, the style’s promotion of art in everyday life would inform the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau.
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Style: Aesthetic Movement
Porcelain Oyster Plate with Seaweeds Limoges, circa 1900
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
French porcelain oyster plate with seaweeds Limoges, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Porcelain Oyster Plate Limoges Circa 1900
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
French Porcelain Oyster Plate Limoges Circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
19th Century Majolica Oyster Plate Wasmuel
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica oyster plate Wasmuel (Belgium) decorated with flowers.
Category
1880s Belgian Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
$600 / item
Majolica Seaweeds Oyster Plate Keller and Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate attributed to Keller Et Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1890.
Reference / page 98 "Collecting oyster plates" of Jeffrey B. Snyder.One small chip.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Oyster Plate Wasmuel
Located in Austin, TX
19th-Century Majolica oyster plate Wasmuel (Belgium) decorated with flowers.
Category
1880s Belgian Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Seaweeds Oyster Plate Keller and Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate attributed to Keller Et Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1890.
Reference / page 98 "Collecting oyster plates" of Jeffrey B. Snyder.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Pink and Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Wedgwood Majolica Bird
Fan Argenta Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, a Bird and Fan pattern plate in the Aesthetic taste, England, date marked 1878.
In the larger dinner plate size, a bird and fan motif with Dogwood tree branches and b...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
French Oyster Plate Porcelain Flowers Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
French Oyster Plate Porcelain Flowers Limoges circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
St. Clement French Majolica Pottery Basket Weave Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French majolica glazed oyster plates from the faïencerie of Saint-Clément, Circa 1890-1900.
Six white scallop shell shaped wells against a rich blue-green basket weave ground. The...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Majolica Pink and Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
19th Century Majolica Oyster Plate Wasmuel
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica oyster plate Wasmuel (Belgium) decorated with flowers.
Category
1880s Belgian Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
$600 / item
19th Century Plate Vieillard Bordeaux Service Nella
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Plate signed Vieillard Bordeaux service Nella.
Naturalist plate with a kingfisher, an insect , water lilies
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Majolica Seaweeds Oyster Plate Keller and Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate attributed to Keller Et Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1890.
Reference / page 98 "Collecting oyster plates" of Jeffrey B. Snyder.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Blue
White Daisy Platter Minton
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
19th century blue & white daisy platter signed Minton.
Category
1890s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Oyster Botanical Plate Limoges, circa 1900
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Porcelain Oyster Botanical Plate Limoges, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Marescaux et Hahn Belgian Asparagus
Artichoke Majolica Plate
By J. Hahn Marescaux
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An earthenware asparagus and artichoke plate, marked P. Marescaux et J. Hahn, Belgium, circa 1880.
Unusual for the coloring, and with mold work similar to Luneville or Saint-Amand...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Majolica Snail Platter Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica Snail Platter attributed to Luneville.
Diameter / 11.3 inches .
one chip on the back, hairline ( picture )
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
English Transferware Iris Plate Cauldon Circa 1904
Located in Austin, TX
English Transferware Iris Plate signed Cauldon Circa 1904
Cauldon Ltd (Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co)
Category
1890s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Rare c.1900 Grecian Pattern Historical Blue Royal Staffordshire Pottery Plate
Located in Louisville, KY
This rare Royal Staffordshire Pottery piece was part of the Aesthetic Movement, which started in England in the late 19th century. This plate has the historic Staffordshire markings ...
Category
Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Oyster Plate Vieillard Bordeaux Service Nella
Located in Austin, TX
Very rare 19th Century Oyster Plate signed Vieillard Bordeaux service Nella.
Naturalist pattern plate with a bird, insects , carnations and others flowers.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Plate Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century rare Majolica asparagus plate, Luneville unsigned.
Rare brown color.
Every important French manufactures produced at the end of the 19th century asparagus and artichoke ...
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Majolica Plate Flowers
Dragonfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Plate Flowers & Dragonfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880.
Baby blue background with lily of the valley.
8 inches diameter.
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Austrian Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large unusual Austrian Majolica oyster plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
$1,200 / item
19th Century Majolica Pink and Blue Oyster Plate Gien
By Gien
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century Majolica oyster plate with pastels colors, shells and seaweeds signed Gien.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Majolica Oyster Plate Russian Imperial Eagle, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica oyster plate called Russian imperial eagle, circa 1890.
Reference / page 132 "Oyster Plates" of Jeffrey B. Snyder.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Belgium Majolica Oyster Plate Wasmuel Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Belgium Majolica oyster plate with pink flowers and green leaves Wasmuel, circa 1890.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th C Huge Lot of Dinnerware by Homer Laughlin
Frederick Rhead 480 Pcs
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous simple yet elegant design on this incredibly large set, 480+ pcs. Homer Laughlin a very prominent company with roots in the 19th century. Frederick Rhead...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Gold
French Majolica Oyster Plate Russian Imperial Eagle, circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica oyster plate called Russian imperial eagle, circa 1890.
Reference / page 132 "Oyster Plates" of Jeffrey B. Snyder.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Belgium Majolica Oyster Plate Wasmuel Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
Belgium Majolica oyster plate with pink flowers & green leaves Wasmuel, circa 1890.
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
French Limoges Majolica Porcelain Oyster Plate, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Limoges Majolica Porcelain Oyster Plate, circa 1890.
with shells.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
German Majolica Wild Boar Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A scarce German majolica glazed earthenware Wild Boar plate, circa 1890-1900.
Unusual both for the subject matter and for the lighter glaze coloring, this delightful plate is playful and amusing.
The dark glazing of the wild boar shows him in contrast to the more pastel coloring of the background.
Raised mold work defines the landscape. A slightly scalloped rim.
9 inches in diameter x 1 inch high.
Marked with an inscribed mold number – possibly attributing this plate to the Zell pottery...
Category
1890s German Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
French Majolica Bird Plate Keller
Guerin Saint Clement circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica bird plate Keller
Guerin Saint Clement circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Paradise Bird
Flowers Salins Plate, circa 1890
By Salins
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Paradise bird & flowers Salins plate, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Austrian Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large unusual Austrian Majolica oyster plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
$1,200 / item
Porcelain Half Moon Pink Shell on Baby Blue Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A late 19th century, French porcelain, crescent or half-moon shaped oyster plate, five pink blush oyster wells on a baby blue ground. Shown behind the main wells are the brown glazed...
Category
19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Majolica Snail Platter Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual 19th century Majolica Snail Platter attributed to Luneville.
Decorated with grapes.
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
19th Century Majolica Snail Platter Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
Unusual 19th century Majolica Snail Platter attributed to Luneville.
Decorated with grapes.
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Josiah Wedgwood Colored Cabbage Leaf on Basket Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A majolica multi-colored glazed cabbage leaf on basket rim plate, Josiah Wedgwood, circa 1870.
Most often found in a solid green glaze, cabbage leaf plates were also made briefly i...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Wedgwood Majolica Tortoiseshell Seafood Plates, Set of 8
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, an assembled set of eight English majolica scallop shell shaped, mottled tortoiseshell glazed seafood salad plates.
Each plate shows a variation of the tortoiseshell ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
French Faïence Majolica Glazed Pastel Asparagus Plate, circa 1890-1910
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A scarce French barbotine Majolica pastel glazed Asparagus plate, circa 1890-1910, maker unknown.
The mint green plate is of high quality ceramic, showing arching asparagus spears...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
12 Brownfield Aesthetic Movement Cobalt Blue Gold Fruit Dessert Plates
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Brownfield 19th century dessert plates exemplify the Aesthetic Movement at its finest. Each plate is uniquely decorated with a gold overlay depicting different fruit s...
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Doulton Burslem Hand-Painted Artist Signed Fish Plates, 19th Century
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Doulton Burslem plates dates from the 1890s and are decorated in the Aesthetic Movement style. Each plate is uniquely hand painted...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Aesthetic Movement Majolica Turquoise Blue Lobster Plate
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In the Aesthetic taste, a Wedgwood majolica sea food plate, showing a raised lobster on a bed of yellow and green seaweed against a turquoise blue ground, England – late 19th Century...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Ten Coalport Octagonal Imari Dessert Plates Aesthetic Movement Dated 1891
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Imagine serving a first course or dessert course on these unusually shaped plates, all decorated in the Imari style and color way, highlighted in gold. The octagonal shape with notched rims adds a dramatic visual to the traditional round table...
Category
1890s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th French Porcelain Plates Flowers
Butterflies Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of 19th French Porcelain Plates Flowers & Butterflies Limoges,
Passion flower and dalhias in purple , lavender tones.
Category
1890s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
8 Spode Aesthetic Movement Hand Painted Blue
Ivory Floral Dessert Plates
By Spode
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 8 Spode Copelands dessert plates are perfect for a dessert course at an intimate dinner and also likely to be used as display or cabinet p...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Minton
s Christopher Dresser Style Japonisme Aesthetic Movement Plate
Located in Sharon, CT
One of the most colorful and successful Japonisme pieces of the period. Fully signed Minton's. In the collection of many museums including New York's Metropolitan.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Austrian Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Large unusual Austrian Majolica oyster plate, circa 1880.
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Wedgwood Majolica Bird
Fan Argenta Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, a Bird and Fan pattern plate in the Aesthetic taste, England, date marked 1878.
In the larger dinner plate size, a bird and fan motif with Dogwood tree branches and b...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Simon Fielding English Majolica Fan
Insect Turquoise
Cream Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A six-well majolica glazed oyster plate by Simon Fielding, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1878.
In the Japonisme taste, six fan shaped oyster wells glazed in a creamy yellow and t...
Category
19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
4 Old Hall
Excelsior
plates Aesthetic Movement Christopher Dresser Attributed.
Located in Sharon, CT
Four classic old hall plates with Aesthetic Movement Decoration ('Excelsior' design), the design attributed to Christopher Dresser.
Category
1880s English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Creil et Montereau French Barbotine Teal Blue Fluted Asparagus Plates, Set of 4
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of four French barbotine majolica asparagus plates by Creil et Montereau, circa 1890. A beautiful iridescent teal blue glaze on fluted rims, with two raised asparagus spears, o...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Majolica Plate Flower
Butterfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Plate Purple Flower & Butterfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880.
Baby blue background with lily of the valley.
8 inches diameter.
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Plate Flower
Butterfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Plate Flower & Butterfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880.
Baby blue background with lily of the valley.
8 inches diameter.
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Faïence Hand Painted Floral Asparagus Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A scarce barbotine Majolica glazed oval Asparagus plate, France, circa 1880-1890, maker unknown.
This unusual plate shows six raised asparagus spears...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Majolica Plate Lily
Butterfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Plate Purple Lily & Butterfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880.
Baby blue background with lily of the valley.
8 inches.
Category
1880s French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
French Faïence Sarreguemines Barbotine Turquoise Hand Painted Asparagus Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French Faïence asparagus plate, showing a group of five asparagus spears spread across a turquoise ground. A hand painted border line and a faint basketweave pattern on the rim. Gr...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Christopher Dresser Design Minton
s 4 Dinner Plates
Located in Sharon, CT
4 beautiful Minton's Aesthetic Movement plates with Japanese designs by Christopher Dresser.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Majolica Strawberry Dishes, Set of 6, dated 1880
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, a delightful set of six majolica glazed Fruit Dishes, in the Strawberry pattern, date marked 1880.
On the Argenta white ground, a wide rim...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Earthenware
Aesthetic Movement dinner plates for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Aesthetic Movement dinner plates for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage dinner plates created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, earthenware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Aesthetic Movement dinner plates made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original dinner plates, popular names associated with this style include Wedgwood, Saint Clément, Wasmuel Majolica, and Minton. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for dinner plates differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $115 and tops out at $9,500 while the average work can sell for $600.
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