Weathered Stone Trough With Moss and Lichen Patina

A weathered stone trough, deep and block-like, with a long continuous rectangular profile. Environmental weathering has scoured the pale stone to a coarse surface on all four sides, and over that lie dark charcoal water stains, patches of green moss and bright golden lichen clinging to the porous face. A weathered metal pipe comes out low on one short end.

It measures 72 inches long, 35 inches from front to back and 25 inches high. The broad top edge is thick and structural despite its irregular wear, and a square notch has been cut into the rim on one side to let water overflow. The steep inside walls form a deep basin, darkened by constant moisture, which sets it against the gray, green and gold of the outside. It is a very heavy piece.

With its pipe and overflow notch already in place, this is a trough for a serious water feature: fed from a wall spout in a courtyard, or set against crisp paving where the overgrown, stained stone reads as the one organic thing in a finished space. This stone trough has sold. We usually have other large troughs with real moss and lichen in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send what is current.