French Antique 19th Century Limestone Wellhead

A wide French antique stone wellhead of the 19th century, a circular drum of limestone that sits on the ground with a heavy, settled calm. The color moves through cool gray and soft taupe, mottled with pale chalky bloom and darker mineral freckling, and the matte surface takes the light without returning it. The rim is thick and blunt, a flat sturdy edge above a more rugged vertical face where fine pitting and softened facets show how the stone was shaped.

It measures 46 1/2 inches in diameter and 22 inches high, with an interior of 34 1/2 inches across. The walls are six inches thick and the weight is considerable; it ships on a pallet and is set by forklift or crane onto a level base. Condition is as found.

The 46-inch width gives real room for roots, so it suits a mature olive or a structured topiary as much as a water feature. Set it on loose gravel or old cobbles in a courtyard, or at the end of a lawn as a still basin whose surface mirrors the sky. The stone wellhead is in Marina Del Rey; come and see it, or ask us for photographs and a delivered quote on this antique wellhead.