French Antique Half Moon Limestone Trough

A French antique half-moon limestone trough whose shape does the work: the flat back sits hard against a wall, leaving no gap behind it, and the curved front faces the garden. The exterior is deeply scarred and textured, with pits and rough gouges that hold pools of shadow. The color is a soft wash of chalky cream and beige, peppered with iron spots that read as rust.

It measures 33 inches wide, 25 inches deep and 18 inches high. The rim is thick and rolled, worn to a soft curve, and a single weathered hole through the side marks its history as a working vessel and serves now as a drain or an overflow. Condition is as found; the scars are the surface, not damage to it.

Place it against a smooth stucco or brick facade, under a wall spout as a fountain basin, or planted with trailing rosemary or ivy that softens the hard edge of the stone. It suits a narrow side garden or a courtyard wall where a freestanding stone trough would eat the floor. The antique limestone trough is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; see it by appointment, or ask for photographs and a quote delivered.