Dinner Plates
1820s English Antique Dinner Plates
Ironstone
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Dinner Plates
Enamel
1960s Danish Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Dinner Plates
Copper
Early 20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
20th Century English Belle Époque Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Enamel
1930s Belle Époque Vintage Dinner Plates
Earthenware
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
20th Century American Space Age Dinner Plates
Plastic
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Late 19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Majolica
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1850s English Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1930s German Vintage Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Czech Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain, Paste
Early 20th Century French Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 2000s German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1880s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Zebra Wood
Mid-20th Century English High Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Dinner Plates
Plastic
18th Century Chinese Export Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
18th Century French Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1890s Belgian Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Mid-20th Century Italian Dinner Plates
Art Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dinner Plates
Art Glass
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1880s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1880s French Country Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Majolica
1870s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1860s English Empire Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Sterling Silver
1890s French Victorian Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Dinner Plates
Silver
1890s English Chinoiserie Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
1890s French Rustic Antique Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Dinner Plates
Gold Leaf
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Dinner Plates
Faience
2010s Italian Dinner Plates
Ceramic
19th Century English Antique Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Dinner Plates
Faience
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern 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.