Antique Stone Vase (Pair)

A pair of antique urns in stone, each a fluted bowl on a square block foot with a thick rolled rim. A dark band of charcoal weathering wraps the rim and fades down into the pale, chalky gray of the fluted body, with patches of golden-orange lichen across the surface. The stone is rough and densely pitted, and the square foot of each urn is chipped and unpolished, which is how they came to us.

Each urn stands 17 inches high and measures 23 inches across the rim, a wide, low proportion that holds a good volume of soil. The pair match in form, with the differences in weathering that two stones left outdoors for a long time always show. They are heavy and travel on a pallet.

Urns of this size frame a timber front door, stand on the piers of a garden wall, or line a brick path planted with cascading rosemary; a single one also works on a kitchen island or a stone table indoors. This pair of antique urns has sold. We usually have similar stone urns and planters in the yard or on the water from France; ask and we will send what is current.