Antique Stone Mill

An antique millstone of the wide, low kind, 75 inches across and 17 inches high, with a coarse weathered rim marked by deep pitting and dark oxidation. A vertical channel is cut through one side of the thick outer edge, breaking the circle. The stone is a textured mix of ash gray, charcoal and pale beige, with dark staining layered over the outside. The upper face is a shallow concave dish that slopes steadily toward the central opening.

It measures 75 inches in diameter and 17 inches high. It is a European piece, 18th or 19th century by type, and the channel through the rim and the dished top are how it came to us. The millstone is very heavy and is set with a crane; the ground beneath should be compacted or a concrete pad poured first.

Sunk flush into a gravel drive or courtyard, it becomes a large catchment basin with no raised walls to interrupt the view across the space. Plumbed, the dished top and rim channel funnel water to the center drain and keep the surrounding paving dry. It also makes a low plinth for a large pot at the end of an allée. This antique millstone has sold. We usually have one or two in the yard; ask and we will send what is current.