Antique Belgian Bluestone Sink

An antique stone sink in Belgian bluestone, cut as one asymmetrical vessel with a raised back lip that drops into a deep, heavy-walled trough. The outside is deeply pitted and rough across slate and charcoal stone. Inside, the basin has been worn smooth by use, and moss-green and yellow mineral deposits have settled into the floor of the bowl where water stood. The raised back runs as a continuous line of dark stone and gives a small piece a tall presence.

It measures 30 1/4 inches wide, 16 1/2 inches deep and 13 inches high, the height taken at the back lip. The sink came out of a Belgian house and has the chips and staining you would expect; we left them. A drain can be drilled or an existing hole adapted by your plumber.

A bluestone sink of this depth suits a powder room where it can be the only object, a guest bath, or a garden wash-up area under a loggia. It sits well on a thick timber slab or a welded iron frame that lets the rough exterior show. This stone sink has sold. We usually have similar sinks in the yard or on the water from Belgium; ask and we will send photographs of what is current.