it is gorgeous. Everything from Creuset is beautiful. Thirty years ago, I was in Zabars, the wonderful delicatessen in NYC. Its second floor is full of pots and pans, dishes and small appliances. I saw a Creuset orange-red stove-top two-handled pot, medium size on sale. For $30!!! I bought it of course. They go for about $250-300 nowadays! And I can leave this pot to my heirs :)