Less work & happy plants make for the perfect pot. The large, ceramic, self-watering Tartu Pot with Saucer features a cotton rope wick threaded through 2 holes in the pots bottom that allows water to slowly & continuously soak into plant soil. The pot & top half of the circular-shaped water reservoir base are glazed in a speckled glossy finish, while the bottom of the base is textured, unglazed clay.