Best for: Luxury entertaining

Set the table for a long Italian pranzo with this glorious set of charger plates from La DoubleJ. Purveyors of high Italian luxury, these dinner plates are crafted in collaboration with fine porcelain maker Ancap and inspired by the 1896 ‘Libellula’ design to bring a touch of eccentricity to tablescaping.

Key features:

• Includes: eight charger plates
• Gold-plated and multicoloured Ancap porcelain
• Dishwasher safe

Best for: Fine dining

The reason most of us don’t bring out the fine china at a dinner party? Handwashing. Luckily for us, Mud has the fix with their classic dinner set. Handmade in Sydney from French porcelain with a clear glaze, not only does this chic dinner set elevate your entertaining game, but it’s also dishwasher safe.

Key features:

• Includes: four dinner plates, four salad plates, four ‘Pebble’ bowls and four ‘Noodle’ bowls 
• Handmade and crafted in sand porcelain
• Recommended storage is plate racks or with a linen layer between each item to prevent from scratching

Best for: Upper-crust chic

Antique china is in its redux era and Wedgwood sets the standard with this renaissance dinnerware set. Mingling tones of royal blue and deep red, this collection is handlined with gold detailing and crafted from fine-bone china, making a stately addition to the tabletop.

Key features:

• Includes: two plates, two deep plates, two bowls, and two soup spoons
• Crafted from fine-bone china
• Dishwasher safe

Best for: Aperitivo hour

In collaboration with artist Daimon Downey, this set from In The Roundhouse is an Italian vacanza manifested as new bone china. Illustrated with beachy motifs (from crabs to prawns and seashells), this is the ideal setting for aperitivo hour.

Key features:

• Includes: four dinner plates, four bowls, four side plates and a serving platter.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe
• Crafted from new bone china

Best for: Everyday elegance

Creamy, dreamy and taupe, this dipped-glaze stoneware from Country Road is a firm favourite on our lust list. Timeless and dishwasher safe, this 16-piece dinnerware set promises everything and more, including dinner and side plates, bowls and mugs.

Key features:

• Includes: 16-piece set of four dinner plates, four side plates, four bowls and four mugs.
• Dishwasher and microwave safe
• Hand-dipped in natural-coloured glaze

Best for: A table set with la dolce vita

Those in the know know Ginori 1735. From Firenze, these porcelain dessert plates call on a heritage Tuscan design. Part of the ‘Oriente Italiano’ carnation collection and crafted in gold-plated multicoloured porcelain, this dinner set makes for an ideal registry gift.

Key features:

• Includes: four dessert plates
• Gold-plated multicolored porcelain
• Part of Ginori’s ‘Oriente Italiano’ carnation collection

Best for: Long lunching

With these striking red rimmed and scalloped plates, In The Roundhouse continues to impress with their carefully crafted dinnerware. Cool and Italian-leaning, this set is the perfect accoutrement for both midweek dinner dates and weekend entertaining.

Key features:

• Includes: four large bowls, four small bowls, four side plates, four dinner plates and a platter
• Crafted from porcelain
• Microwave and dishwasher safe