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Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plate, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Number 12
Category

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

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Set
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Plate with Vegetable Face Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fornasetti porcelain plate with face made with arranged vegetables. Stamped "2, Fornasetti-Milano
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Plate with Vegetable Face Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fornasetti porcelain plate with face made with arranged vegetables. Stamped "4, Fornasetti-Milano
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Plate with Vegetable Face Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fornasetti porcelain plate with face made with arranged vegetables. Stamped 11, Fornasetti-Milano
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Plate with Vegetable Face Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fornasetti Porcelain plate with face made with arranged vegetables. Stamped "1, Fornasetti-Milano
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Plate with Vegetable Face Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fornasetti Porcelain Plate with face made with arranged vegetables. Stamped "6, Fornasetti-Milano
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Boho Larry Lazlo Face Ceramic Plates - Set of 4
By Larry Laslo
Located in west palm beach, FL
plates designed by Larry Lazlo. Each plate features a unique and vibrant face illustration in bold colors
Category

Late 20th Century American Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Creil et Montereau Faïence Transferware Assiette Parlantes Face Card Plates, S/8
By Creil et Montereau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
- France, circa 1920s. Known as assiettes parlantes or talking plates, this set is based on the face
Category

Vintage 1920s French French Provincial Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

Fornasetti Plate, Temi E Variazioni-Themes and Variation, Rosenthal, Motiv 15
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri her
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi & Soli Plates, "12 Mesi, 12 Soli", Twelve Suns
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
the 1950s. Each plate features a different month of the year, represented by a sun with the face of a
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Fornasetti Face Plate, Tema e Variazioni, N116
By Fornasetti
Located in Winnetka, IL
An evocative porcelain plate by Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988) of Lina Cavalieri, the artist's muse
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Midcentury Fornasetti Face Plate, Tema e Variazione N90
By Fornasetti
Located in Winnetka, IL
created more than 500 images of Lina Cavalieri's face, most of them on dinner plates. As Patrick Mauries
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Midcentury Fornasetti Iconic Face Plate, Tema e Variazoni N1
By Fornasetti
Located in Winnetka, IL
on dinner plates. A riveting, captivating face, it was the basis for all future representations of
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

1950s Fornasetti Roman Mosaic Face Plate, Tema e Variazioni N131
By Fornasetti
Located in Winnetka, IL
An porcelain plate by Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988) of Lina Cavalieri, the artist's muse, inspired
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Set of 12 Longwy France Porcelain Pottery Fish Dinner Halibut Decoration, C.1920
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
throughout most pieces, stacking wear to glaze to faces of fish. One plate with a chip to underside edge
Category

20th Century French Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plates, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Piero Fornasetti Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plates, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca Vegetable Face Plates, After Giuseppe Arcimboldo, A Pair
Category

Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Set of Six Rare Piero Fornasetti Arcimboldesca Motif Vegetable Face Plates
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The plates are from a set after Arcimboldo, the design of a face created with the use of vegetables
Category

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

Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Plate, #101, of Lina Cavalieri's Face
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The plate is printed with an iconic image of Lina Cavalieri's face.
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Plate, #131 of Lina Cavalieri's Face
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Fornasetti plate is printed with an iconic image of Lina Cavalieri's face.
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Plate, #64, of Lina Cavalieri's Face
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Fornasetti plate is printed with the mysterious & iconic image of Lina Cavalieri's face.   
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Plate, #89 of Lina Cavalieri's Face.
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Fornasetti plate is printed with an iconic image of Lina Cavalieri’'s face.
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Plate, "The Fan" Motiv 26
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Plate, "The Fan" Motiv 26, Depicting the face of Julia Behind a Fan
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Early Piero Fornasetti Surrealist Pottery Themes & Variation Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Surrealist Themes & Variation plate, Shattered Face, Circa 1952 This is a
Category

Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Pottery

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variation Porcelain Plate Motiv 2
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
   The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes and Variation Porcelain Plate Motiv 21
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti themes and variation porcelain plate motiv, 21-rock face, with original
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Themes & Variation Pattern, Motiv 11
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
", 1980s The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variation Plate Motiv 2, Hot Air Balloon
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes and Variation Porcelain Plate Motiv 30-Flowers
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Cabinet Game Bird Plate Hand-Painted Gilt Attributed to Lamm Studio
By Ambrosius Lamm
Located in Austin, TX
A meticulously painted game cabinet plate featuring mallard ducks in nature, famous Dresden
Category

Vintage 1930s German Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Porcelain Plate, Rose Du Barry Pink, Fruits by Jabey Aston, circa 1870
By Coalport Porcelain, Jabey Aston
Located in London, GB
clearly visible from the underside and hardly visible from the face of the plate. Otherwise the plate
Category

Antique 1870s English Victorian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Porcelain Plate, Rose du Barry Pink, Fruits by Jabey Aston, circa 1870
By Coalport Porcelain, Jabey Aston
Located in London, GB
visible from the underside and hardly visible from the face of the plate. Otherwise the plate looks
Category

Antique 1870s English Victorian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Rosenthal Fornasetti Porcelain Temi E Variazioni Motiv 32
By Rosenthal
Located in Downingtown, PA
box, 1980s. The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the
Category

Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Part Dessert Service, Fruit Paintings, 1850-1865
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in London, GB
, largely consists of stunning fruit paintings, both on the face of the plates, on the underside of the
Category

Antique 1850s English Victorian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Picasso "Face of Peace" Limoges Porcelain Plates
By Limoges, Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Limoges porcelain plates decorated with a pattern designed by the world-famous artist Pablo
Category

20th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Plate, #1 of Lina Cavalieri's Face
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The plate is printed with an iconic image of Lina Cavalieri's face.
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Plate, Motiv 28
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal plate, Motiv 28, Depicting the Face of Julia an a Woman's Back
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Fornasetti Temi e Variazioni Motiv 5 Plate, 1980s
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri appearing on the side of a
Category

Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Themes & Variation Pattern, Motiv 18
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
: NY9325-crr) The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Themes & Variation Pattern, Motiv 15
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes and Variations Motiv 20 Porcelain Plate, 1980s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri. Diameter
Category

Vintage 1980s English Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes and Variations Motiv 14, 1980s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri. Diameter: 9 1/4
Category

Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes and Variations Motiv 18, 1980s
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri. Diameter: 9 1/4
Category

Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes and Variations Set of Six, 1980s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed set of plates with the face of Lina Cavalieri. Measure
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Ridgway Dessert Service, Moustache Shape with Sublime Flowers, circa 1825
By J & W Ridgway
Located in London, GB
four plates in excellent condition, four plates are a bit crazed but not discoloured on the face, and
Category

Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain

Materials

Ironstone

Piero Fornasetti Arcimboldo Vegetali Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Pottery Arcimboldesca-Motif Vegetable Face Plate, Circa 1955-60's. Dimensions: 9
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Pottery

Piero Fornasetti Vegetable Face Ceramic Plate, Vegetalia Pattern
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti vegetable face ceramic plate, Vegetalia pattern, #10 in Series, circa 1950s
Category

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

Piero Fornasetti Vegetable Face Ceramic Plate, Arcimboldesca Pattern
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti vegetable face ceramic plate, Arcimboldesca pattern. The plate depicts a
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Four Ceramic Decorative Plates with Faces Signed by Dalo
By Dalo
Located in Paris, FR
Set of four ceramic plates, one of a kind different engraved faces. Stoneware pieces glazed in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Plate, #93, of Lina Cavalieri's Face
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
The plate is printed with an iconic image of Lina Cavalieri’'s face. Reference: Fornasetti, The
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variation Porcelain Plate Motiv 24
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri depicted in the mouth of a crocodile
Category

Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Plate, Themes & Variations, Motiv 9
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri, her partially exposed
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Soli E Lune Pattern Plate
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
and white plate depicts the face of the Sun with rays. Dimensions: 8 inches diameter. Reference
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Themes & Variations, Motiv 18
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri depicted as
Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate Themes & Variation Pattern, Motiv 1
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
(NY9319-crr) The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variations Motiv 18 Porcelain Plate, 1980s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri. Measure
Category

Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Themes & Variation Pattern, Motiv 11
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri
Category

Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variations Motiv 17 Porcelain Plate, 1980s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed porcelain plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri
Category

Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Themes & Variation Pattern, Motiv 10
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the face of Lina Cavalieri
Category

Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

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Face Plates For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of face plates available for sale. Each of these unique face plates was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and earthenware. We have 101 antique and vintage face plates in-stock, while there are 3 modern editions to choose from as well. Face plates have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Face plates are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern, Regency and Victorian styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made face plates over the years, but those made by Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti and Coalport Porcelain are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Face Plates?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $750, while they’re typically $235 on the low end and $10,000 highest priced.

Finding the Right Dinner Plates for You

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.

Questions About Face Plates
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