Antique Stone Trough With Long Linear Basin

A long narrow antique stone vessel, 85 inches end to end, with rust and charcoal staining running across a pale stone base. The top edges are thick and softly rounded and frame a shallow, straight-walled central basin. The outer walls are heavily textured and weathered; the inside has been honed smooth by water over a long time, so the two surfaces read as different stones.

It measures 85 inches wide, 22 inches deep and 17 1/2 inches high. It is a European piece, 18th or 19th century by type, with the oxidized staining fixed in the stone. Low and long, it travels flat on a pallet and is set with a forklift.

It is a low reflecting pool fed by two or three wall spouts, a linear water feature against contemporary concrete, or a low boundary between two outdoor zones set along the edge of running-bond paving. As an antique stone trough for planting it takes a row of thyme or chives at a comfortable height. This stone vessel has sold. Long low troughs come through the yard regularly; ask and we will send what is current.