Dinner Plates

Dinner Plates For Sale

Eight Minton Porcelain Pate-sur-Pate Plates Signed Alboin Birks

By Alboin Birks

Located in Essex, MA

Eight Minton porcelain Pate-Sur-Pate plates A museum quality set of eight Minton Pate-Sur-Pate Luncheon Plates. Raised god encrusted porcelain plates with three grey ground panels...

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1910s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Eight Minton Porcelain Pate-sur-Pate Plates Signed Alboin Birks

Terracotta #8 Plate by Mascia Meccani

By Meccani Design

Located in Milan, IT

This modern and sophisticated plate was designed by Mascia Meccani in 2019 and crafted of red terracotta with hand applied decorations that make it a unique work of art to be used or...

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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Terracotta #8 Plate by Mascia Meccani

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Soup Plate in Purple and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri Collection - O'Curniciello - Ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Soup Plate in Purple and White Handmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Side Plate in Purple and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection, O'Curniciello, ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the f...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Side Plate in Purple and White Handmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Soup Plate in Blue and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection - O'Curniciello - ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Soup Plate in Blue and White Handmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Side Plate in Blue and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection - O'Curniciello - ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Side Plate in Blue and White Handmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Side Plate in Orange and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection, O'Curniciello, ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the f...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Side Plate in Orange and White Handmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Soup Plate in Orange and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection, O'Curniciello, ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the f...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Soup Plate in Orange and White Handmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Dinner Plate in Orange and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection - O'Curniciello - ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Dinner Plate in Orange and White Handmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Soup Plate in Green and White Handmmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri Collection - O'Curniciello - Ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Soup Plate in Green and White Handmmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Dinner Plate in Green and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection - O'Curniciello - ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Dinner Plate in Green and White Handmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Soup Plate in Light Blue and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri Collection - O'Curniciello - Ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Soup Plate in Light Blue and White Handmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Dinner Plate in Light Blue and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection - O'Curniciello - ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Dinner Plate in Light Blue and White Handmade

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Side Plate in Light Blue and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection - O'Curniciello - Ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Hand Painted Ceramic Side Plate in Light Blue and White Handmade

Pair of Antique Blue and White Dutch Delft Dishes Early 19th century Circa 1820

Located in Katonah, NY

We are pleased to offer this pair of antique Blue and White Dutch Delft dishes painted in the center with a garden scene featuring a bird atop a dark blue scholar's rock. Around the ...

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1810s Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Delft

Pair of Antique Blue and White Dutch Delft Dishes Early 19th century Circa 1820

Set of Eleven English Porcelain Fish Plates, Royal Doulton, circa 1890

Located in New York, NY

Each fish identified on the verso. Signed by the artist S. Wilson.

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1890s British Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Eleven English Porcelain Fish Plates, Royal Doulton, circa 1890

Set of 12 Spode Newstone Aesthetic Movement Japanese Garden Soup Bowls Ca. 1840

By Spode

Located in Great Barrington, MA

This is an amazing set of 12 rimmed soup bowls marked "Spode's New-Stone" dating to 1840 but in like new condition. The "Japonesque" transfer decoration is embellished with hand pain...

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1840s English Japonisme Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ironstone

Set of 12 Spode Newstone Aesthetic Movement Japanese Garden Soup Bowls Ca. 1840

New Modern Dish in Black Marquinia Marble, creator Ivan Colominas

By Ivan Colominas

Located in Milan, IT

Sculptural, bright white, well-defined and multi-fold. Colominas has created a table service inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti’s soft lines, exalting the shape and structure of objects ...

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2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Marble

New Modern Dish in Black Marquinia Marble, creator Ivan Colominas

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19th Century Majolica Asparagus Plate with Iris Longchamp, circa 1890

By Longchamp

Located in Austin, TX

Rare Majolica asparagus plate with iris signed Longchamp, circa 1890.

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1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Majolica Asparagus Plate with Iris Longchamp, circa 1890

Antique Set of Three Sterling Silver Dinner Plates

By Thomas Heming

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

An exceptional, fine and impressive set of three antique Georgian English sterling silver dinner plates/second course dishes, an addition to our range of collectable dining silverware. These exceptional antique George II sterling silver dinner plates/second course dishes has a circular shaped form. The raised border is embellished with an impressive bright cut engraved marital coat of arms incorporating the motto 'Tria juncta in uno', three joined in one. The rim of each antique second course dish is encircled with a Fine and impressive applied gadroon decorated border accented with alternating scrolling leaf designs. The circular well of each plate is plain and unembellished. The underside of each plate retains the silversmith's center punch mark in addition to the original item numbers 9, 10 and 12 and the original scratch weight of 32 troy ounces and 4 pennyweights (32.2 troy ounces), as to be expected the measured weight has subtly diminished in keeping with age to 29.9 troy ounces. Larger second course dishes such as these are becoming increasingly difficult to locate. These pieces are a segment of a more extensive table service incorporating dishes, trays and platters; through time the service will have been divided. Condition These antique sterling silver plates...

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1750s English Georgian Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Set of Three Sterling Silver Dinner Plates

English 19th Century Asparagus Wall Plate with Mums

By Adderley Ware

Located in Austin, TX

19th century English Majolica shell-shaped asparagus plate decorated with mums flowers "William Alsager Adderley and Co" (1876 and 1885).

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1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

English 19th Century Asparagus Wall Plate with Mums

Piero Fornasetti Set of Fifteen Plates Decorated with Musical Instruments

By Piero Fornasetti

Located in Downingtown, PA

Let there be music! Piero Fornasetti Set of Fifteen Different Ceramic Dinner Plates decorated with the Orchestra pattern, The set of fifteen plate...

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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Piero Fornasetti Set of Fifteen Plates Decorated with Musical Instruments

Twelve Georgian Silver Dinner Plates by Wright

By Charles Wright

Located in London, GB

Manufactured in 1782 by the accomplished English silversmith Charles Wright, this set of twelve silver dinner plates is of superb quality. Each plate is largely circular, though the ...

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1780s English George III Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Silver

Twelve Georgian Silver Dinner Plates by Wright

Majolica Leave Shape Plate circa 1890

Located in Austin, TX

Majolica leave shape plate , circa 1890.

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1880s Austrian Country Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Majolica Leave Shape Plate circa 1890

Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Dessert Plates circa 1750

Located in Katonah, NY

We are pleased to offer this pair of Chinese export Famille Rose dessert plates with sprays of delicately painted flowers in purple and pink surrounding a bouquet of tulips and peoni...

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1750s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Dessert Plates circa 1750

Majolica Strawberries Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1880

By Sarreguemines

Located in Austin, TX

Majolica strawberries plate signed Sarreguemines, circa 1880.

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1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Majolica Strawberries Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1880

Copeland Spode English Enameled Transferware Cactus Flower Dinner Plates S/6

By Copeland Spode

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A set of six Copeland Spode transfer printed and hand colored plates with embossed rims, Staffordshire, England, circa early 20th Century. A central image shows a black transfer of...

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Early 20th Century English International Style Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Copeland Spode English Enameled Transferware Cactus Flower Dinner Plates S/6

Assembled Set of 19 Open-Work Silver Gilt Plates, circa 1880

Located in New York, NY

Comprising 11 German plates circa 1880, 5 English silver Victorian plates, 3 Georgian silver plates. Each centered with an identical crest with motto 'Pro...

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1880s Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Silver

Assembled Set of 19 Open-Work Silver Gilt Plates, circa 1880

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...

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Early 1900s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

8 Spode Aesthetic Movement Hand Painted Blue & Ivory Floral Dessert Plates

Set of 6 Modern Charger Plates in Brass Made in Italy, 1970s

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Stunning set of 6 charger plates, circa 1970s, retains original label 2, made in Italy, 1970s. Signed: "Centro Silver - Made in Italy".

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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Brass

Set of 6 Modern Charger Plates in Brass Made in Italy, 1970s

21st Century Vietri Ceramic Bowl in Purple and White Made in Italy Hand painted

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection, Made in Italy. Vietri Ceramic table set hand made and hand decorated with horn good lucky, O'Curniciello, typical superstitious symbol par excellence. Ceramic plat...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Vietri Ceramic Bowl in Purple and White Made in Italy Hand painted

George Jones Majolica Biarritz Plate

By George Jones

Located in Chelmsford, Essex

George Jones Majolica plate which features a man carrying a women in the sea. Seashells surround. Colouration: brown, blue, pink, are predominant.

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1870s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Majolica

George Jones Majolica Biarritz Plate

Massive Midcentury Platter by Winfield Pottery of California

Located in San Diego, CA

Massive midcentury platter / serving tray by Winfield Pottery of California, circa 1950s. The piece is a light pinkish-purple in color with a dark cab...

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Pottery

Massive Midcentury Platter by Winfield Pottery of California

Set of 12 Bavarian China Dinner Plates with Raised 24 Carat Gold

Located in Dallas, TX

Fine set 12 Bavarian china dinner plates with raised 24 carat gold. Exceptional quality. Makes for a gorgeous dining table. Superb!

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20th Century European Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Set of 12 Bavarian China Dinner Plates with Raised 24 Carat Gold

White Fine Bone China Dinner Plate

By 1882 Ltd.

Located in London, GB

White, 1882 Ltd. The purist fine bone china tableware. Designed by Chris Johnson and made in Stoke-on-Trent. This forms the base of all our collections...

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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

White Fine Bone China Dinner Plate

21st Century Large Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Orange and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri Collection - O'Cornicello, ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the f...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Large Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Orange and White Handmade

French Faience Oyster Plate Fouillen Quimper, circa 1930

By Paul Fouillen

Located in Austin, TX

French faience oyster plate signed Fouillen Quimper, circa 1930.

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1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

French Faience Oyster Plate Fouillen Quimper, circa 1930

21st Century Ceramic Dinner Plate White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection, O'Curniciello, ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the f...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Ceramic Dinner Plate White Handmade

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...

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19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain Half Moon Pink Shell on Baby Blue Oyster Plate

Italian Designer Green Leaf and Yellow Flower Plates, Set of 6

By Ed Langbein

Located in New York, NY

A beautiful set of six (6) Italian green and yellow matte pottery plates with leaf and flower design by designer Ed Langbein, made in Italy, circa mid-20...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Organic Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Italian Designer Green Leaf and Yellow Flower Plates, Set of 6

Kenya, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design

By Vito Nesta

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Kenya is a journey through smells, colors and stories of the African warrior populations. Scenes of everyday life of men, women and children are depicted on the whole plate without b...

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2010s Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Kenya, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design

21st Century Medium Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Red and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri Collection - O'Curnicello - Ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Medium Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Red and White Handmade

21st Century Large Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Green and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection - O'Cornicello - ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Large Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Green and White Handmade

21st Century Medium Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Blue and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri Collection, O'Curnicello, ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the fo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Medium Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Blue and White Handmade

Strasbourg Faience Floral Plate

By Paul Hannong

Located in New York, NY

Strasbourg faience floral plate. Antique faience plate with large floral bouquets and lobed rims with further floral sprays and insects; with blue u...

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Mid-18th Century French Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Faience

Strasbourg Faience Floral Plate

21st Century Medium Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Light Blue and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri Collection - O'Curnicello - Ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Medium Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Light Blue and White Handmade

12 Royal Crown Derby Service Plates with Two-Color Raised Paste Gold

By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain

Located in Great Barrington, MA

This magnificent set of 12, 19th century Royal Crown Derby service, presentation plates are fit for royalty with the subtle contrast of ivory...

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19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Gold

12 Royal Crown Derby Service Plates with Two-Color Raised Paste Gold

Set of Eight Limoges Oyster Plates, circa 1900

By Limoges

Located in New York, NY

Two painted in iron red and six painted in grisaille.

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Early 20th Century Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Eight Limoges Oyster Plates, circa 1900

Doccia Floral Plate

By Doccia Porcelain

Located in New York, NY

Doccia floral plate. Antique Italian scallop-edge plate with hand-painted and gilt floral sprays, Italy, circa 1770. Dimensions: 8.5" diameter x 1" height.

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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Doccia Floral Plate

Flora Danica Reindeer Dinner Plate

By Royal Copenhagen

Located in New Orleans, LA

A reindeer is the star of the snowy scene on this extraordinarily rare porcelain dinner plate. Crafted by Royal Copenhagen, it is part of the firm's highly celebrated Flora Danica collection. Flora Danica is known worldwide for its intricate and highly detailed illustrations of the native flowers of Denmark. This dish, however, was crafted as part of a very rare series painted with woodland animals...

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20th Century Danish Other Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Flora Danica Reindeer Dinner Plate

English Octagonal Plate Swans on Lake Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890

Located in Austin, TX

English octagonal plate swans on the lake, circa 1890. English mark TC Brown Westhead and Moore. Sold at the Grand depot 21 rue Drouot Paris.

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1890s English Country Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

English Octagonal Plate Swans on Lake Brown Westhead and Moore, circa 1890

19th Century Small Majolica Platter Wedgwood

By Wedgwood

Located in Austin, TX

19th century small Majolica platter signed Wedgwood.

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1880s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Small Majolica Platter Wedgwood

Piero Fornasetti Set of Six Strumenti Musicali Plates, 1950s-1960s

By Fornasetti

Located in Downingtown, PA

Piero Fornasetti set of six strumenti musicali plates 1950s-1960s. The plates each depict a different selection of stringed instruments including guitars and lutes on a faux bois...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Piero Fornasetti Set of Six Strumenti Musicali Plates, 1950s-1960s

21st Century Medium Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Orange and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri Collection - O'Curnicello, ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the f...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Medium Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Orange and White Handmade

English Majolica Strawberries Plate, circa 1880

Located in Austin, TX

English Victorian Majolica strawberries plate, circa 1880.

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1880s English Country Antique Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

English Majolica Strawberries Plate, circa 1880

21st Century Ceramic Side Plate White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection - O'Curniciello - ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Ceramic Side Plate White Handmade

21st Century Large Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Light Blue and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri Collection - O'Cornicello - Ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Large Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Light Blue and White Handmade

21st Century Medium Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Purple and White Handmade

By Germana Scapellato

Located in Milan, IT

Vietri collection, O'Curnicello, ceramic plates, created following a lengthy and complex production process. The first phase involves shaping the clay on the wheel, from which the fo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

21st Century Medium Hand Painted Ceramic Bowl in Purple and White Handmade

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.