French Antique Half Moon Limestone Trough

A compact French antique half-moon limestone trough, semicircular in plan, with a flat back cut to rest flush against a wall. The limestone exterior is heavily pitted and rugged, a coarse surface that catches deep shadow, in pale creamy bone and muted sand broken up by soft gray mineral speckling. The rim is thick and irregular, its edges softened by use, and inside the basin is smoother though still chalky and dry.

It measures 29 inches wide, 21 inches deep and 14 inches high. It is the smallest of the half-moon troughs in our yard and sized for tighter spaces: an entry, a small patio, the wall beside a kitchen door. Condition is as found, with the pitting and worn rim left as they are.

It works as a catch basin for a wall-mounted spout, where the flat back makes a tight fit against masonry, or as a planter for kitchen herbs or trailing ivy that drapes over the rough face. Against smooth plaster or brick the contrast between wall and old stone is immediate. The antique limestone trough is in Marina Del Rey; come and see it by appointment, or ask us for photographs and a quote on this stone trough delivered.