Limestone Block

A stepped limestone block, a solid rectangular body with a deep horizontal channel cut across one side so the profile reads in two levels and throws a strong shadow line as the light moves. The stone is warm cream, ash gray and smoky charcoal, with patches of yellow lichen and deep mineral staining along the upper edges. The texture is coarse and granular, with open pitting and softened corners.

It measures 32 3/4 inches long, 11 3/4 inches deep and 11 3/4 inches high. The step divides the height into roughly 6 1/2 inches above and 3 1/4 inches below the channel, which is the detail that separates it from the plainer limestone blocks beside it in the yard. It is a single piece of antique limestone, heavy and stable, and needs no fixing.

Use it as a low plinth for a garden vessel or a sculpture, lay it as a threshold where gravel meets paving, or set it as a single step beside its plainer twin. Lime plaster, reclaimed oak, old brick and gravel all suit it. It is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and see the two blocks together, or ask us for photographs and a quote.