Antique Linear Stone Trough With Weathered Ribbed Texture

A long antique stone trough, nearly nine feet end to end, with a ribbed exterior: vertical tool marks run top to bottom along the walls and have been softened by weathering into a texture more than a pattern. The stone is pale gray and soft sand, heavily marked with dark green and earth-toned staining on the side walls. The top rim keeps a straight line despite battered, uneven edges, and the narrow interior is a deep continuous channel. The block rests on low rounded supports that are part of the base and lift it slightly off the ground.

It measures 105 inches wide, 22 1/2 inches deep and 14 inches high. It is a French piece from the 19th century. At this length it is heavy and travels on a long pallet; it is set with a forklift or a small crane and wants a level, well-compacted base.

This is a trough for a straight line: along a terrace edge as a linear water feature, down the middle of a courtyard against flat concrete or dark steel, or as a stone trough planter beside a long pool run with lavender or rosemary. This trough has sold. Troughs over eight feet are what we look for hardest in France; ask and we will send what is current.