You know, you could finish that up, hinge the broken part, and use it as a safe - like those fake book and canned good safes that we see sold around here...
Or a lamp! Just replace the bottom with a big, round heavy base!
Yep, that's always a delicate operation. You get lucky once and think "that's the go", then the next time around....well it's not pretty. I've got my radius dishes attached to a potters wheel now and it works a treat.