Wow!  Really easy to assemble!   I expected screws and bolts, however the pedestal literally screws precisely to the bowl and then to the ornate portion of the bottom and then to the base.  3 minutes total for me!~  The bowl is one of the best I have had insofar as CLEANING and staying clean.  A hard non porous resin plastic, very smooth with notches all around the the outer rim in which the birds just easily fly and land their feet to grip into the notches.  Wow.  Three at a time.