French Antique Limestone Trough

A French antique limestone trough, long and low, with thick walls that have weathered to a deeply pitted skin. The color runs from pale beige through warm gray to a dusty cream, with darker mineral staining and old organic deposits settled into the crevices of the exterior. The rim rises and falls along its length, which softens the hard rectangle of the block. Inside, the basin was hollowed with gently sloping walls and a worn floor that falls toward a drain hole bored through the base.

It measures 47 inches long, between 18 3/4 and 20 1/2 inches from front to back, and 11 inches high. The stone is raw and unpolished, with coarse wear across every face; that wear is the point of the piece, not a fault. Like all the farm troughs we bring back, it is heavy and travels on a pallet.

A low stone trough like this suits the edge of a terrace planted with herbs, a courtyard where it can be reached from both sides, or a conservatory floor as a planted vessel indoors. This trough has sold, but similar long limestone troughs pass through our yard regularly; ask us and we will send photographs of what is current.