French Antique 19th Century Limestone Mill

A French antique millstone from the 19th century, a round limestone wheel in warm oatmeal and creamy sand with soft charcoal minerals through it. The outer face shows rugged pitting, the old tooling marks and softened ridges that a century of outdoor use leaves on this stone. The round form is the point: it breaks up the straight lines of paths and terraces.

It measures 41 1/2 inches wide, 16 inches deep and 23 1/2 inches high as it sits. It is French, 19th century, as found. It takes frost and rain without trouble and is set with a forklift; the ground beneath should be compacted.

Sunk flush into gravel it is a round basin for a bubbler; stood on edge against a wall it is a disc of pale stone at the end of a walk; laid flat it is a low table on a terrace. A stone mill wheel also makes a landing at the foot of a step. This antique millstone is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and see it, or ask us for more photographs and a price with delivery.