Reclaimed Limestone Fountain

A reclaimed stone fountain with a heavy octagonal basin of thick limestone blocks and a square center column that finishes in a tapered finial. The blocks have rough faces that catch the sun, and the wide coping on top is smooth and worn where generations have leaned on it. The limestone reads sandy beige, dry wheat and a quiet gray. Old metal spouts come out of the column and send clear arcs of water back into the pool. Nothing about it is delicate; it is a village piece, built to be sat on.

The basin is 82 inches in diameter and the fountain stands 72 inches high overall; the basin wall is about 20 inches high, with a listed depth of 10 inches. It comes as stone, spouts and basin, with the pump supplied by your installer. As an antique fountain it carries chips, lichen and water staining, all of which we left alone.

The flat coping is a bench, so this suits a kitchen garden, the middle of a gravel parterre, or a motor court where people wait. The sound is a low rinse rather than a splash. A limestone fountain of this weight sets with a crane. This stone fountain is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; visit, or we will send photographs and a quote.