French Antique 18th Century Wellhead

A French antique stone wellhead from the 18th century, a massive asymmetrical block of limestone with a deeply worn central opening and a smoothly sloped inner rim. The outside is rugged and shaped by generations of erosion, with deep pitting and uneven edges, and a living layer of reddish-brown and deep green moss across the upper faces. No two sides are alike.

It measures 59 inches wide, 44 inches deep and 12 inches high overall, about 7 inches at the inner rim where the stone slopes down to an opening about 18 inches across. It is French, 18th century, as found. The block is very heavy for its height and is set by crane or forklift.

Used as a freestanding centerpiece in a courtyard, set over a working water line as a fountain collar, or placed at the edge of a terrace as a low object to walk around, it reads as something the garden grew up around. Wild planting, gravel or aged stone around it suits the moss. An antique wellhead this irregular is best seen in person; this stone wellhead is in our yard in Marina Del Rey, so come by, or ask for more photographs and a delivered price.