I ordered this because I was frustrated with our old chipped covered crystal butter dish that would hold exactly ONE stick of butter, and not a smidgen more (so if you tried to add a new stick when you were running low, it would end up smearing all over the cover...consequently I would wait to add the new stick of butter until the old stick was completely gone, and then the butter would still be hard when I wanted to use it). I remembered my mother having an antique butter dish very similar to this Tablecraft one. The price was very affordable, and I am delighted with the product. It arrived safely (it was well wrapped with protective rubber corners). It will hold up to two sticks of butter without any of the butter getting on the lid. You can use it four different ways -- I even had my husband try it and he was impressed with the versatility and size. We prefer having the big part on the bottom, with the nested lid in the 'raised' position, for the greatest capacity and least mess.