French Antique 18th Century Limestone Trough

A French antique limestone trough from the 18th century that stands 26 inches high, taller than most of its kind, so it reads as a block in the garden rather than a planter at your feet. The surface is deeply weathered: a stormy gray patina with dark charcoal deposits and warm ochre staining running through it. The texture is coarse and uneven, the rim thick and blocky but softened at every edge, and the interior smoother from long use.

It measures 65 inches wide, 32 inches deep and 26 inches high, a volume that takes deep-rooting shrubs or a substantial body of water. It is French, 18th century, and comes as found. It travels on a pallet and is set by forklift onto a compacted base.

Place it at the center of a courtyard where the height lets it hold the space on its own, at the end of a long lawn as the object you walk toward, or against a dark hedge where the gray stone stands forward. A stone trough this tall also makes a good dipping tank beside a greenhouse. This limestone trough is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and stand next to it, or ask for more photographs and a quote delivered.