THE ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY SHOWROOM ON ROBERTSON BOULEVARD IN THE MID 1960S. PHOTO CREDIT: MAX AND RITA LAWRENCE, ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY RECORDS (COLLECTION 1587). UCLA LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, CHARLES E. YOUNG RESEARCH LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES.
A PAGE FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY ISSUE 64 SHOWS A SELECTION OF PLANTERS IN VARIOUS MATTE GLAZES WITH A “MUTED LUS-TRE.” COLORED GLAZES WERE INTRODUCED BY DAVID CRESSEY. PRIOR TO HIS WORK, MOST OF THE ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY’S PLANTERS CAME ONLY IN BLACK, WHITE AND UNGLAZED BISQUE. PHOTO CREDIT: PRIVATE COLLECTION
MAX AND RITA LAWRENCE, C. 1959. PHOTO CREDIT: BOB LOPEZ; LAWRENCE FAMILY ARCHIVE