{"title":"Watering Cans","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorn by years of gardening, antique French watering cans once tended vegetable plots, greenhouses, courtyards and gardens across southern France. Made in zinc, galvanized steel, brass or copper... their tarnished surfaces, softened handles and small dents speak of daily work, patience and season after season of use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir shapes vary from one workshop and purpose to another: a long, slender neck for delicate seedlings, a generous body for larger plantings or a finely pierced rose for a gentle shower of water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced throughout Provence and France, these authentic watering cans may still be ready for use... while also bringing beautiful decorative presence to a garden, terrace, entryway or interior. Filled with dried flowers, placed by a door or simply set among plants, they carry the quiet poetry of old French garden life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"early-20th-century-french-copper-watering-can-small-decorative-arrosoir-in-patinated-copper-circa-1930-1950","title":"Antique French Copper Watering Can | Riveted Arrosoir | c. Late 1800s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French copper watering can has the kind of charm that immediately makes you think of a garden in Provence. It is not just the copper, although the color is beautiful. It is the shape, the long spout, the arched handle, and the removable rose at the end that make it feel like something meant for real garden work... watering herbs, roses, geraniums, or a row of terracotta pots outside the kitchen door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antique French arrosoir en cuivre (copper watering can) likely dates from the late 19th to early 20th century, consistent with its riveted construction and hand-finished details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is made in copper with a visible riveted lap seam. A swing handle arches over the top, while a fixed rear handle sits against the body to help control the pour. The straight spout ends in a removable domed rose, pierced with slightly irregular holes that show the handwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe old repairs are part of what makes this piece feel so good. There are several solder patches around the shoulder and handle, done long ago. Those repairs tell you it was used, cared for, and maintained rather than discarded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe copper has been polished to a warm glow, with darker patina still settled into the seams, recesses, and repaired areas. No maker’s mark is visible. The surface shows age, use and the kind of character that only comes from more than a century of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be beautiful on a stone garden table, beside a row of terracotta pots, on a kitchen shelf, or near a sink where the copper can catch the morning light. It is a functional watering can, so put it to use as well! It has the feeling of an old French garden built into it... practical, beautiful, repaired when needed, and still full of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52221068443991,"sku":"COP-009","price":385.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/COP-009-03602.jpg?v=1768399214"},{"product_id":"antique-french-watering-can-in-zinc-circa-1900","title":"Antique French Zinc Watering Can | Galvanized Sheet Zinc | Late 19th to Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis antique French watering can has the kind of surface you only get from decades spent outdoors in a real country garden. The galvanized zinc has aged into a soft mottled grey with traces of green oxidation throughout, giving the piece a warmth and texture that feels so good to be around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLikely dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, it has the classic form of old French zinc arrosoirs (watering cans).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe construction is simple and delightful: rolled zinc seams, soldered joins, a fixed top handle, angled spout, and slightly domed lid. The original sprinkler rose is no longer present, which makes this one better suited today as a decorative garden or kitchen piece. The compact oval body has especially nice proportions, and there are still faint old paint markings underneath from its working life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with dried lavender, olive branches, or seasonal stems, this old French watering can looks right at home beside a fireplace, near a back door, or resting on a kitchen windowsill. The kind of object that quietly adds character wherever it lands. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis watering can is fully functional.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52600039899479,"sku":"DEC-034","price":336.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/19th-century-french-zinc-garden-watering-can-2.jpg?v=1769012820"},{"product_id":"antique-french-galvanized-zinc-watering-can-rustic-garden-arrosoir","title":"Antique French Zinc Watering Can | Milk Can Shape Arrosoir | Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe silhouette is what makes this antique French zinc watering can so good. It has the shape of an old milk can, with a rounded body, narrow shoulder, removable lid and high carrying handle arching over the top. It feels more sculptural than an ordinary arrosoir, but still completely practical, the kind of garden piece that would have been carried in and out of a French potager for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis arrosoir, or watering can, likely dates from the early 20th century and is consistent with French zinc garden pieces from the period. The body is made in galvanized zinc with a banded base, a tapering upper section, a side handle, and a long straight spout fitted with its removable rose sprinkler head. No maker’s mark is visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe construction has that honest country feeling. You can see the soldered seams, riveted handle attachments, rolled bands and small working details that made the piece useful first. The removable lid is a lovely feature, giving access to the reservoir and making the whole shape feel even closer to a traditional milk can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe zinc has aged into a soft pale gray, with darker oxidation, surface wear and greenish staining settled around the seams and edges. The rose head has taken on a warmer rusty tone, which contrasts beautifully with the cooler zinc body. It has exactly the kind of weathered surface that makes old French garden objects so appealing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, it would be wonderful in a garden room, entryway, greenhouse, covered terrace or French country kitchen. Remove the lid and fill it with dried lavender, garden roses, tall branches or seasonal flowers, or simply leave it empty where the shape can speak for itself. I would treat it as decorative unless tested for watertightness, but either way it brings that relaxed Provençal garden feeling into the home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Provence Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904299495767,"sku":"OUT-003","price":495.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/4686\/4215\/files\/vintage-french-garden-arrosoir-with-long-spout-2.jpg?v=1772436755"}],"url":"https:\/\/theprovencecollection.com\/collections\/watering-cans.oembed","provider":"The Provence Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}