This Casserole Dish has a matching ladle that was also handmade. It is decorated in Autumn Colors with leaves and cherries on top! It measures 8.5” across (diameter) and stands approx. 8.5” from top to bottom. It can be used for soup or any other food that you would like to serve with it. It is definitely one of a kind, as all our items are. I think it would definitely be a topic of conversation when folks see it. It can be used in the microwave, the dishwasher and the oven, as long as you don’t preheat first. I would handwash it if it were mine.