Antique Limestone Elongated Estate Garden Trough

An antique limestone trough in wheat and soft cream, with dark mineral traces running through the stone and a rugged split-face exterior marked by old tool scars and pitting. The edges have been softened by long exposure and the interior is deep for the footprint, with thick walls all round. It is a plain farm piece with nothing added to it.

It measures about 38 1/2 inches wide, 31 inches deep and 19 3/4 inches high, a compact rectangle that is easier to place than the long farm troughs and still holds a serious volume of soil or water. It came off a European farm and, by its form, dates to the 18th or 19th century. It has stood outdoors for generations and can keep doing so; limestone this dense shrugs off frost.

It would sit at the end of a pool terrace, line up with others along a garden walk, or hold trailing plants at the foot of a wall where the cream of the stone shows against darker planting. With a small pump it becomes a self-contained fountain. A stone trough this size still travels on a pallet and is set with a forklift. This limestone trough has sold; we usually have mid-sized troughs in the yard or on the water, so ask and we will send what is current.