When I got married, my sister in law made a wonder item for us. It was
a homemade bird bath that was beautiful. it consisted of a terra cotta
clay pot and a terra cotta dish. She used caulking and turned the
planter upside down and caulked the bigger dish (which I think was a
drain plate for a larger pot) to it. she painted it and we used it for
a bird bath type thing for years, until it naturally broke down, b/c it
was not treated.