Porcelain Plate Sets for 12 People

🍽️ Comprehensive Tableware for Large Celebrations & Family Feasts

A porcelain plate set for 12 people is the largest configuration in our plate collection, designed to meet the demands of large family lunches, festive Christmas dinners and major anniversary celebrations. Providing 36 matching pieces of tableware, it ensures every guest at your table enjoys a beautifully coordinated place setting.

If you wish to expand your serving presentation with pieces such as soup tureens, serving platters, salad bowls or sauce boats, explore our complete Porcelain Dinner Sets. Our Czech porcelain plates combine traditional hand decoration with durable porcelain bodies and smooth glazes, making them a practical choice for everyday dining as well as special celebrations.

🥣 What Does a 12-Person Plate Set Include?

Our standard 36-piece plate sets for twelve people include three essential plate types designed for multi-course dining:

• 12× Dinner Plate: Sized for comfortable serving of main courses—from Sunday roasts to festive multi-course meals.

• 12× Soup Plate: Deep plates ideal for traditional soups, broths, pasta dishes and meals served with rich sauces.

• 12× Dessert Plate: Versatile, smaller plates perfect for desserts, celebration cakes, starters or breakfast pastries.

🎨 Made-to-Order Custom Decoration

We do not keep large stocks of pre-decorated porcelain. Every plate set is decorated and fired in our family workshop only after your order is confirmed.

Our made-to-order approach allows you to tailor your tableware to your exact taste:

• 🏛️ Choice of Porcelain Shape: Choose from a wide selection of traditional and contemporary porcelain shapes, including Ofelia, Verona, Opera, Marie Louise, Rokoko, City, Tom and others.

• 🖌️ Choice of Decorative Pattern: If you see a motif in our shop that is not pictured directly on a 12-person plate set, we can usually apply that pattern to your chosen porcelain shape upon request, depending on the available decoration options. We can also coordinate matching coffee or tea sets in the same design.

• 🎨 Custom Rim Options: Depending on the pattern, we can modify border lines, replace standard red or blue lines with hand-painted gold or platinum rims, or omit border lines entirely.

• ✍️ Personalisation & Monograms: Customise your set with family crests, monograms, wedding dates or personal inscriptions applied in genuine gold or platinum.

🏡 Choosing a 12-Person Plate Set for Your Interior Style

• For Country Kitchens & Rustic Dining: Porcelain shapes such as Verona or Ofelia pair naturally with traditional geese, hens, songbirds or classic floral sprays.

• For Cottages & Country Homes: Farmyard animal illustrations, wildflower motifs or orchard fruit designs complement natural wood and stone interiors.

• For Modern Apartments: Clean, untextured shapes such as City or Tom decorated with simple lines or minimalist motifs create a sleek, contemporary look.

• For Formal & Festive Dining: Elegant porcelain shapes such as Opera or Marie Louise accented with hand-painted gold or platinum borders add timeless elegance to formal dining rooms.

🛒 Individual Replacement Pieces (Expand Your Set)

In daily household use or during large gatherings, accidents can happen. With Bohemia Porcelain 1987, a broken plate does not mean buying an entirely new set.

As long as the original porcelain shape remains in production, you can order matching individual pieces to replace damaged plates or expand your set. We also offer dinner plates, soup plates and dessert plates individually. If you wish to buy a standard set for 12 people and add extra dinner plates for larger gatherings, you can easily purchase individual matching pieces directly from our shop.

⚙️ Dishwasher Safety & On-Glaze Decoration

Our porcelain decorations without precious metal accents are applied using traditional screen-printing techniques and fired at temperatures of approximately 800–820 °C. This on-glaze decoration process produces durable patterns suitable for everyday use.

Plate sets decorated with standard ceramic colours without precious metal accents are dishwasher-safe and microwave-safe for practical everyday dining. For sets featuring hand-applied gold or platinum borders, gentle hand washing with a soft sponge is recommended, and microwave use is not permitted.

🎁 An Exclusive Wedding Gift & Family Heirloom

A 36-piece hand-decorated porcelain plate set for 12 people makes a memorable gift for weddings, milestone anniversaries or families establishing a new home. As a substantial piece of Czech craftsmanship, a complete 12-person set can become a cherished family heirloom, enjoyed and passed down through generations.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is included in a porcelain plate set for 12 people?

A standard 12-person plate set contains 36 pieces in total: 12 dinner plates, 12 deep soup plates and 12 dessert plates.

What is the difference between a plate set and a dinner set?

A plate set contains dinner, soup and dessert plates. A dinner set usually offers a broader selection of tableware and may include additional serving pieces such as platters, serving bowls, a soup tureen or a sauce boat, depending on the chosen set.

Can I purchase a 12-person set and add extra plates?

Yes. All our plates are available as individual items. You can order a standard set for 12 people and add any specific number of extra dinner, soup or dessert plates to accommodate even larger gatherings.

Are 12-person plate sets dishwasher and microwave safe?

Plate sets decorated with standard ceramic colours without gold or platinum embellishments are dishwasher-safe and microwave-safe. For sets decorated with genuine gold or platinum, gentle hand washing is recommended and microwave use is not permitted.

Can I order individual replacement plates if one breaks?

Yes. As long as the original porcelain shape remains in production, we offer individual dinner plates, soup plates and dessert plates separately to replace damaged items or expand your set.

🧭 Explore Other Plate Set Sizes

Looking for a different size to fit your dining table? Explore our complete range of Porcelain Plate Sets:

• 🍽️ Plate Sets for 4 People – Compact 12-piece sets ideal for smaller households, couples or new homes.

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Plate Sets for 6 People – The classic 18-piece size for daily family dining and weekend lunches.

• 🍷 Plate Sets for 8 People – A practical 24-piece choice for larger families and frequent entertaining.

🍽️ Explore Our Complete Tableware Range

• 🍝 Porcelain Dinner Sets – Multi-course dinner services with matching plates and a selection of serving pieces, depending on the set.

• 🍽️ Porcelain Plate Sets – Practical sets consisting exclusively of dinner, soup and dessert plates across various sizes and styles.

• ☕ Porcelain Coffee Sets – Elegant cup and saucer sets for serving coffee.

• 🫖 Porcelain Tea Sets – Fine tea services with wide cups for appreciating tea aromas.

• 🌲 Hunting Porcelain Sets – Detailed wildlife patterns for countryside homes and lodges.

• 🎄 Christmas Porcelain Sets – Festive designs to create a magical Christmas table setting.

• 🐣 Easter Porcelain Sets – Fresh spring patterns filled with tradition and vibrant colours.

• 🍰 Speciality Porcelain Sets – Purpose-built cake sets, compote bowl sets and liqueur services.