
Locations: Huntington Park
Dates of Operation: 1931 - 1964
Seller Values: Check average price on Ebay
Featured Wallace China items (view more)Lot Of 2 Wallace China 9-1/2" Grill Plates Green Stripe $8.99 Bids: 0 | Vintage Small White Striped Wallace China Creamer 1960 $4.00 Bids: 0 | Little Nugget Reno Nv Restaurant Plate Wallace China $9.99 Bids: 0 |
What you’ll notice first about many items from the Wallace China Company is that they are usually very sturdy and heavy vitrified china. I’ve seen a number of different pieces of restaurant and hotel ware marked as Wallace at the thrifts, but haven’t picked up too many for a few reasons.
The first is that I thought that like the H.F. Coors company, they were still in business producing restaurant and table ware. In truth, the Wallace company was actually absorbed into the Shenango China company in 1959 and eventually production of those items came to a halt in the 60s.
Secondly - many of the items I see are rather plain without any of the fancy marks or patterns that are attractive to restaurant ware collectors. Still, I’ve picked up a few of the plain examples recently just for fun. Here’s a simple small cereal or berry bowl in a solid green color:

Backstamps on Wallace China vary; some include the pattern or line name but many just have a simple stamp along with a date code like this one that I have:

Many will also say “Los Angeles” on the back. If you’re looking for information on the date codes for Wallace restaurantware there is a good reference at the Restaurant Ware Collectors Site. The company, which was founded by former members of Poxon China including Wallace B. Wood and son Frank Wood, began producing their wares in the 30s in Huntington Park. Chipman gives an address of 5600 DeSoto Ave, but I think this may actually be today’s Soto Street.
Popular patterns among collectors are the western themed Westward Ho line (produced in conjunction with MC Wentz) and El Rancho. Willow was produced earlier on and mimicked English designs in various colors. Other popular patterns included Hibiscus and Shadowleaf. Wallace also produced a ton of different customized patterns produced for various hotels and restaurants.
Here are a few pattern swatches, with obvious apologies to the real Wallace China collectors out there - I don’t collect this stuff…
Wallace China items
| Restaurant Ware WALLACE China Burning Torches Platter Current Price: $27.99 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 6h 23m | |
| Lot Of 2 Wallace China 9-1/2" Grill Plates Green Stripe Current Price: $8.99 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 7h 41m | |
| Vintage, Wallace China, Small Pitcher/Creamer Current Price: $29.95 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 19h 21m | |
| Vintage Small White Striped Wallace China Creamer 1960 Current Price: $4.00 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 20h 44m | |
| Pair Wallace China Religious Hand Painted Dinner Plates Current Price: $39.59 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 21h 42m | |
| Little Nugget Reno NV Restaurant Plate Wallace China Current Price: $9.99 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 22h 41m | |
| Wallace China Tan Desert Ware Tweed Oval Plattern 1950s Current Price: $16.95 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 23h 24m | |
| Rusty Wallace #2 Nascar Bone China Thimble Current Price: $2.99 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 1d 10h 54m | |
| Vintage Wallace China Creamer Individual Cream Pitcher Current Price: $7.00 Current Bids: 1 Ends in: 1d 13h 23m | |
| Wallace China Individual Tea Pot Current Price: $10.00 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 1d 18h 30m | |
| Rare, Wallace China Pattern, 4 3/4" Bowl by Shenango Current Price: $39.95 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 1d 18h 56m | |
| Wallace China Desert Rest Ware WAL7 Tan Oval Platter K6 Current Price: $19.99 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 1d 21h 56m | |
| WALLACE CHINA - ONE INDIVID. TEAPOT WITH LID Current Price: $30.00 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 2d 51m | |
| Lot of 2 Wallace China 9" Plate-Restaurant Ware? RR? Current Price: $5.99 Current Bids: 0 Ends in: 2d 10h 42m |
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