French Antique Double Limestone Trough

A French antique double limestone trough, compact and primitive, with two deep basins cut side by side and separated by a rugged central divider. The exterior is ash gray and warm cream with darker charcoal patches and natural speckling, and vivid orange lichen runs along the rim. The surface is grainy, heavily pitted and irregular, with small voids across the stone; the protected areas inside the basins are smoother than the weathered outer walls.

It measures 31 1/2 inches wide, 16 inches deep and 11 inches high. Its small size and twin basins set it apart from the long single troughs in our yard; it is a piece you can lift onto a table or a bench. Condition is as found, the lichen and the rounded edges left alone.

The two wells let you plant two things at once, herbs and lavender, or a succulent and a trailing green, and keep them apart. It also serves as a bird basin or a small water feature on a terrace, and indoors as a centerpiece for branches or dried botanicals on a long table. The antique limestone trough is in Marina Del Rey; come and see it by appointment, or ask us for photographs and a quote on this stone trough delivered.