This pretty butter dish is a sweet piece of handmade pottery that will make you smile each time you bring it out. I hand built it from stoneware clay and then layered several glazes to achieve this rich, beautiful finish. It measures .5" high x 3" wide x 8" long -- perfect for a stick of butter but also great as a spoon rest, tray for holding sushi or egg rolls or small shortbread cookies, as a trinket dish for jewelry, keys and loose change, and more. It's very durable and may be cleaned in the dishwasher and may be used in the microwave, too, (if you want to soften some butter for cooking or spreading on a bagel) And you can see other butter keepers in different glaze colors here: http://etsy.me/Rmq8Eb If this is a gift and you would like me to include a card with a message from you in the package, please leave me the wording in the Note to Seller and I'll take care of it.