Traditional Spanish Lebrillos
An enduring legacy of craftsmanship for new generations
Handmade Spanish ceramics crafted by expert artisans
We make small batches of unique ceramic pieces for the home. Shop by sets or get in touch to build a custom order with us.
Vintage and antique plates now available.
Ceramic Tiles
Our Ondas hand-painted ceramic tile is suited for interior and exterior decorations. Handmade in Spain, these tiles feature intricate patterns reminiscent of traditional Hispano-Arab designs.
Perfect for kitchen backsplash, kitchen floors, bathroom walls, patio floors, stairs and fireplaces.
Minimum order: 1/2 square meter
20 × 20 cm: 13 pieces
15 × 15 cm: 23 pieces
Colors available: We offer about 18 different colors including our traditional blue, green, purple, and yellow. To order a different color other than the one listed, please get in touch.
Production Lead Time: Kindly note, while we do hold some stock, many of our items are made to order. If out of stock, the production lead time is 4-6 weeks. For updates on current availability, please contact hello@casapletorica.com.
Custom Orders
Our wall mounts use the traditional tripod structure and they are custom-made by a small ironsmith workshop.
Due to the artisanal nature of ceramics, each lebrillo differs slightly in height and girth by a fraction.
In order to customize each wall mount for its corresponding lebrillo, we recommend purchasing both the lebrillo and wall mount at the same time. The ironsmith will use your specific lebrillo to make sure its wall mount wraps tightly around the piece and holds it securely in place.
Lebrillos are often hung separately or as part of display wall in the home or garden.
While we may still use a lebrillo as a fruit bowl, this enduring symbol of Spanish culture has become a beloved item among collectors and home décor lovers. Learn more about our lebrillos.
Need a different size? To order a lebrillo wall mount with your bowl’s specific measurements, please contact hello@casapletorica.com
Traditional Lebrillos
Our Piña Lebrillo in Green with Aged Finish evokes the timeless charm of pottery with age and great provenance. Its muted palette of faded green over a cream glaze gives it a time-worn look while honoring the integrity of the bowl.
Perfect for interiors that seek to create a deliberate, layered look, this bowl features one of the most traditional motifs in European art, the pineapple.
Found in designs dating back to the 15th century — woolen rugs, damasks, architecture and still life paintings — the pineapple, a new tropical fruit from the Americas that enthralled Europe, became a symbol of rarity and expense.
Its striking form and geometric details captured the imagination of artists and artisans.
This decorative bowl features a large pineapple crowned by a geometric motif set in concentric circles.
Lebrillo Wall Mounts for hanging available here.
Production Lead Time: Kindly note, while we do hold some stock, many of our items are made to order. If out of stock, the production lead time is 4-6 weeks. For updates on current availability, please contact hello@casapletorica.com.
Vintage & Antiques
This classic Castilian lebrillo features a whirlpool or “remolino” of flowers and wispy branches done in the traditional palette where green dominates.
This decorative bowl bears the marks of its provenance. The ridges along the body of the lebrillo testify to the rotation of the wheel while a clear glaze reveals the fine grain of the sandy clay beneath — both unique characteristics of old Castilian pottery.
Though this bowl features lively accents in blue and honey-yellow, time has softened its patina and given it a lovely finish.
Once an indispensable household item, the lebrillo has become one of the hallmarks of decorative Spanish pottery.
Dimensions: 34 cm in diameter
Hanging your decorative plate: A small incision in the foot of the plate allows for hanging. Our heavier items like lebrillos require a wall mount.
Kindly Note: Small chips and discolouration are part of the charm of handmade antique and vintage pottery. For questions or specific sourcing requests, please get in touch.
Castilla Pottery
This large jug is a traditional Spanish cántaro once used to store water or wine. We find this form in 17th century paintings by the likes of Murillo and Velázquez, attesting to its important role in domestic spaces.
Our Liebre cántaro features its namesake, a spritely hare, leaping through the field of trees and shrubs. In line with this style of ornamentation that has come to characterize Castilian pottery, the jug features a lush landscape painting done in the traditional palette where green dominates.
In modern times, glass bottles and running water have displaced this jug in its utilitarian role. Now, valued for its aesthetic value, cántaro jugs are also of ethnographic interest as they chronicle a way of life that defined society for centuries.
Dimensions: 21 × 30 cm | 8.3 × 12 in
Care: Dishwasher safe, hand-wash preferable
Lebrillo Serving Bowls
Hand-painted in a family-run workshop dating back to the 17th century, this stunning Bellota Fajalauza Serving Bowl shows the craftsmanship of our Fajalauza artisans.
The base of the bowl features a branch laden with flowers and a bright-eyed turning towards a bloom. The artist has used a cross-hatching pattern to represent the seeds of the blooming sunflowers and the walls of the wall are covered in a chain of interlaced wreaths.
Much like our Fajalauza lebrillos, this large flat-bottomed bowl has long been a staple in homes in southern Spain where it originally served as a serving bowl.
These ceramics held great significance for families. Passed down from one generation to another. If damaged, they were lovingly repaired but never discarded.
Of late, this Fajalauza bowl has become a decorative darling - used alone or in combination with traditional lebrillos in wall displays.
Hanging Your Fajalauza Item: A small incision in the foot of the plate allows for hanging. Our heavier items like lebrillos require a wall mount.
Production Lead Time: Kindly note, while we do hold some stock, many of our items are made to order. If out of stock, the production lead time is 4-6 weeks. For updates on current availability, please contact hello@casapletorica.com.
Fajalauza in Green
Painted in a vivid green over white glaze, this wide-rimmed plate bears our most emblematic motif: granada or pomegranate.
According to some historians, the Romans named the city of Granada after the Latin granatum or pomegranate, a fruit-bearing tree abundant in the area. Others credit the phonetic evolution of the Arabic "gar-anat," meaning 'hill of pilgrims.'
The pomegranate grows well in arid conditions. Its tough skin protects it from drying, making it a perfect survival food that could feed caravans traveling long journeys.
The resilient fruit tree may have been a staple for the desert people who conquered Andalucía in the 8th century.
Now abundant in the region, the pomegranate has become an enduring symbol of Granada’s culture. Fajalauza ceramics pay homage to that heritage with myriad variations in design.
Love the Granada motif? Find it on plates, fuentes, or lebrillos.
Production Lead Time: Kindly note, while we do hold some stock, many of our items are made to order. If out of stock, the production lead time is 4-6 weeks. For updates on current availability, please contact hello@casapletorica.com.
Fajalauza in Yellow
The yellow Ajedrez dinner plate comes in dinner, dessert and bread plate sizes.
Painted entirely by hand in a small family-run workshop in southern Spain, a geometric pattern similar to a chess board covers the base of the plate, an homage to Fajalauza’s Arab roots. This design works like an optical illusion, conjuring up different patterns within the same painting depending on whether you look at the squares, blue or white triangles.
A wreath of small flowers adorn the lip of the plate.
Production Lead Time: Kindly note, while we do hold some stock, many of our items are made to order. If out of stock, the production lead time is 4-6 weeks. For updates on current availability, please contact hello@casapletorica.com.
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Our traditional Spanish lebrillos are handmade and hand-painted in their historic home in southern Spain. These exquisite modern pieces boast the traditional intricate designs we've sourced from antique pieces.