French Antique Limestone Wellhead

A French antique limestone wellhead, a stone wellhead of the kind we find in farmyards and village squares in France, where it stood over the shaft of a working well. Most are a thick ring or a hollowed block of local limestone, weathered over a century or more into softened rims, pitting and the stains and lichen of a long life outdoors. We have not yet listed measurements for this one; ask us and we will send its dimensions and current photographs.

Wellheads are the simplest way to hide the plumbing of a courtyard fountain, and they also make deep, open-bottomed planters for an olive or a fig, or a low feature at the crossing of two paths.

This piece is in our yard in Marina Del Rey. Come and see it by appointment, or write for photographs and a quote.