Dinner Plates
1980s Portuguese Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Dinner Plates
Delft
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1960s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1980s French Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s German Other Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paint
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Danish Dinner Plates
Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Hungarian Other Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1910s English Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
2010s Turkish Dinner Plates
Clay
1920s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1940s French Rustic Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1740s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica, Ceramic
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1890s Belgian Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s German Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
2010s Portuguese Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1980s French Beaux Arts Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
2010s Portuguese Rustic Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Stoneware
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
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.