This ceramic silica crucible melting dish is good for torch-melting and hand pouring gold, silver, bronze, and other metals into ingot molds. It is 3"? (7.6 cm) in diameter and 1.25"? (3.2 cm) tall. It has a capacity of 7.5 ozt for silver. The crucible comes with a hardwood handle secured with a steel pin. It has a thumb screw to tighten the closed steel band around the crucible. Overall measures 18.5"? (47 cm) long.