French Antique Limestone Trough

A French antique limestone trough, long and deep, with thick walls around a generous basin and a surface that takes in light rather than reflecting it. The color is cool ash gray and warm oat with faint sandy undertones, speckled darker with age. The exterior faces carry a rough pecked texture; the interior walls are smoother, worn by use. The rim is thick and slightly rounded, with small nicks and chips along the edge that expose the grain of the stone.

It measured 68 1/4 inches long, 35 inches deep and 19 inches high; the basin was 58 1/2 by 25 inches and about 13 inches deep. Those walls, five inches at the sides and nearly five at the ends, gave the piece real density and weight. Condition was as found, the nicks and chips left alone.

A stone trough of this length serves as a centerpiece planter for herbs and trailing greens, as a basin for a recirculating fountain, or as a bar trough filled with ice and bottles at a long table. It sits well on gravel, brick or a stone apron, with dark metal or aged wood nearby. This limestone trough has sold. We usually have similar long troughs in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send photographs of what is current.