This bowl is double walled and the vacuum within these helps with heat retention. It has a brightly polished finish and looks great no matter where you put it down, a great bowl to pre-soak your gear, not so much a great lathering bowl as the grip is wide and surface smooth, but I still managed ok with wet, soapy hands, and build a pretty good lather with a badger brush. This bowls aesthetic properties will make it the perfect bowl for a modern or high tech bathroom, or the guy who prefers face lathering. It is 155 mm wide and stands 72 mm high.