This is absolutely exquisite! It's made of cardboard, like in the description, but honestly I woudln't have known if it hadn't said so, it is so sturdy and so highly shellacked (or whatever the term is) that I actually forget it *is* cardboard, it totally looks and feels like ceramic. And it is absolutely LOVELY, better even than the picture!!! I bought one for my daughter for Christmas, then had to buy another one for me!