French Antique Limestone Round Trough

A French antique limestone trough in the form of a thick stone drum, its outer wall banded with dark horizontal tide marks and heavy oxidation. The circular profile drops straight from an uneven, unpolished rim to the base, and the limestone shows a stark mix of ash gray, bone white and charcoal under layers of built-up staining. Inside, the deep round basin has scoured, uneven walls with their own dark water rings and pitting that match the weathering outside.

It measured 37 1/2 inches in diameter and 25 1/2 inches high, with a basin of 32 inches across and about 23 1/4 inches deep, nearly the full height of the stone. Condition was as found: the bands, the rings and the rough rim are the record of a long life holding water, and we left them alone.

A drum like this becomes a water feature with a single jet, or stands as a dry basin against clean brick or crushed gravel, where its wear breaks up a manicured garden with something older. This limestone trough has sold. We usually have other round stone troughs in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send what is current.