10+ Vintage Platters That Serve Food in Style

It’s time to step up to the plate and pick your vintage platter. But choose wisely because some are more likely to bring a nostalgic tear to your eye than others.

Noritake is a treasured Japanese dinnerware brand, and this Winsome pattern platter shows off their delicate designs beautifully. Boasting rich blue flowers with pops of golden brown, this late-‘70s platter was made to bask in natural light and woody dining rooms.

If you want your food to do all the talking, this uber-simple platter from Royal Doulton is right up your alley. The platter’s only decoration is two reddish-brown lines around the rim, which inspired the pattern’s name — Cinnamon. It’s the tried-and-true kind of stoneware you can use time and time again.

We’re getting groovy with this next platter pick from the 1960s. This rectangular Stotter Setting's melamine platter, with its eye-watering orange, green, yellow, and ochre stripes, turns on, tunes in, and drops out all on its own.

You can’t go wrong with a classic, and nothing’s more traditional than a Blue Cornflower CorningWare serving platter. If you aspire to a kitchen that’s worthy of the grandma-core label, you need a vintage CorningWare platter living in your cabinets.

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If you’re a country kitchen lover, it’s time to put the roosters away and go back to your roots. This sweet, folk-inspired potted plant scene would have called any country kitchen home when it was made in the 1940s. And its centerpiece days aren’t over just yet.

Fulfill your vacation dreams with this bold early ‘90s platter from Planet Hollywood. This iconic touchstone holds onto the neon dreams of the late 1980s, delivering a dose of nostalgia with every bite.

If you think this is a sweet Fiesta platter, your eyes are playing tricks on you. Granted, we’ll give you credit, though, since Fiestaware and Lu-Ray Pastels were released around the same time in the mid-1930s.

From soft yellows to mint greens, Taylor, Smith & Taylor’s pastel dinnerware could have rocked the '80s geometric pastel lovers' worlds just as much as coquette revivalists' today.

Summer called and they’re requesting a picnic-ready platter, stat! Thankfully, this yellow and green gingham platter by Vernon Kilns is ready to go. Incredibly, this plate with its HomeGoods appeal was fired 80 years ago.

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Never fear, Anchor Hocking heads, we wouldn’t dare talk about dinnerware without mentioning the legendary glassware company. This round, ribbed Manhattan platter from the company’s first heyday conjures images of bullseyes, rippling waves, and so much more. It’s a vintage design crafted well before its time.

If a pop of color is more your style, let’s take things back to the 1970s with Noritake’s Palos Verde pattern. Featuring a repeating green, blue, and yellow arrowhead motif, it’s a hairsbreadth away from stealing the show.

Quirky cooks, unite! If novelty dishes are more your speed, you and this vintage majolica asparagus platter are two peas in a pod. These earthenware platters are masters of the trompe l’oeil illusion, coming in every kind of vegetable you can imagine, from cabbage to leeks and everything in between.

Rubbermaid was designed for real life. If you’re the kind of busy, messy cook trying to wrangle pets, kids, and partners while making a homemade meal every night, you need a platter that can take a beating, like this darling pink number from Rubbermaid’s vintage catalog.

It’s the no muss, no fuss kind of dinnerware a harried host deserves.

When your appetite for art is high, these vintage kitchen platters know what to do. From country kitchen core to novelty ceramics, these serving plates never swing and miss.