Antique Glass Garden Cloche

Antique Lantern Cloche – C A stunning octagonal lantern cloche, salvaged from France. The cloche creates a miniature greenhouse and provides a beautiful form of protection of plants...

A extremely well cast pair of glass & iron garden cloches, all glass panels are original and in perfect order.

Beautiful 19th century hand blown bell-shaped glass garden cloche. Used to force and protect small plants.

The French developed the glass cloche, or bell jar as a way to protect early garden plants from bleak cold and frost-a hothouse in miniature.

19th century French handmade glass Melon Cloche, cloche à melon ancienne. Handblown bell cloche from the Charente Region of France, the glass is green and it has a knob on top, (unl...

Large, blown-glass melon garden cloche. Formed as a single piece of clear glass with a solid knob handle.

Large, blown-glass melon garden cloche. Formed as a single piece of clear glass with a solid knob handle.

A nice 19th century French Melon cloche made from hand blown glass. Original handle is still intact, which are normally missing.

This green glass melon cloche with knob, crafted in 19th-century England, is a single piece of hand-blown glass, featuring a distinct original intact knob for easy handling.

How about an upside down garden cloche for a centerpiece? Looks great with or without things inside this "new" bowl. This particular hand blown garden cloche is warped so it looks di...

Originally intended to function as a protective greenhouse for young melons developing on the vine, this 19th century English Melon Cloche is formed in a single, heavy piece of clear...

A nice set of 3 x 19th century French hand blown glass melon cloches. In nice original condition. The handles have been removed which was normal for the period as the handles magnifi...

Outstanding original antique English garden cloche on stand. This fine example is perfect most anywhere, use it to start seedlings in the winter, for growing herbs year around, or ke...

French antique garden glass cloche with a solid glass knob handle.

Cloches were used to as mini greenhouses to protect saplings in the garden.

A cloche with a bell-shaped form, shown without a finial, with a wide circular rim at the base. The surface is translucent with visible swirl patterns in the glass, and the form is s...

A pair of very early gardener's cloches which were used to protect delicate seedlings. While these two pieces are believed to be Spanish, they are typical in form and manufacture to ...

Large antique 19th century glass garden cloche in stunning condition ideal for the home or garden.

Antique English garden cast iron and glass terrarium cloche top section.

Antique English cast iron and glass top section of a garden cloche terrarium.

A classic French garden cloche. Ideal to place over your cheese presentation at parties !

Antique English garden cast iron cloche terrarium cold frame mini greenhouse.

The French very often broke the knobs off on purpose so they could stack in the garden shed much more easily. All my cloches are the antique hand blown ones.

This antique glass garden bell cloche was made in France during the late 19th century.

A very interesting iron and glass cloche made in France early in the 20th century. These where used to protect young plants from late frosts. We have two available, priced separate...

wall hurricane from inverted 19th century garden cloche on custom steel mount, priced individually

candle hurricane made from 19th century French garden cloche. Custom steel mount

We've always had a thing for handblown French garden cloches that come in two configurations. "bell" form and "melon" form. This one is a melon cloche (a little shorter and slightly ...

We have always had a thing for hand-blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations: bell form and melon form. This one is a bell cloche (a little taller and more narrow ...

We have always had a thing for hand blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations, bell form and melon form. This one is a bell cloche (a little taller and more narrow ...

We have always had a thing for hand blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations, bell form and melon form. This one is a bell cloche (a little taller and more narrow ...

We have always had a thing for hand blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations: bell form and melon form. This one is a bell cloche (a little taller and more narrow ...

This stunning handblown glass French garden cloche was originally used to protect tender melons from frost...hence the mineralized coating to the inside that diffuses the light so pe...

We have always had a thing for hand blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations, bell form and melon form. This one is a melon cloche (a little shorter and wider than...

A group of three period french glass garden cloches. Beautiful handblown green tinted 19th century glass that has swirls,bubbles and some iridescence.

We've taken antique handblown green glass garden cloches (this one is a bell cloche) and transformed them into wonderful lighting fixtures.

Large Vintage French Garden Cloche

We have always had a thing for hand-blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations, bell form and melon form. This one is a bell cloche (a little taller and more narrow ...

We've always had a thing for handblown French garden cloches that come in two configurations. "bell" form and "melon" form. This one is a melon cloche (a little shorter and slightly ...

We have always had a thing for hand-blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations: bell form and melon form. This one is a bell cloche (a little taller and more narrow ...

We have always had a thing for hand-blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations: bell form and melon form. This one is a bell cloche (a little taller and more narrow ...

We have always had a thing for hand-blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations, bell form and melon form. This one is a bell cloche (a little taller and more narrow ...

We have always had a thing for hand blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations, bell form and melon form. This one is a melon cloche (a little shorter and wider than...

We have always had a thing for hand blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations: Bell form and melon form. This one is a melon cloche (a little shorter and wider than...

We have always had a thing for hand blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations, bell form and melon form. This one is a melon cloche (a little shorter and wider than...

We have always had a thing for hand blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations: bell form and melon form. This one is a bell cloche (a little taller and more narrow ...

We have always had a thing for hand blown French garden cloches that come in two configurations: bell form and melon form. This one is a bell cloche (a little taller and more narrow ...

This cloche, originally used for protecting tender plants, is clear, indicating it was rarely used in the garden, if at all.

The dimensions listed below are for the glass cloche only. The overall drop from where the three chains meet to the bottom of the cloche is 27 inches.