This is a beautiful set but I was disappointed in how small it was. The sugar bowl only holds about 3/4 of a cup of sugar. I measured. Oh well, not that big a deal. My real problem was that I filled it with sugar and then when I went to use it, the sugar was as hard as a rock, seriously! And that was only after about 3 days. I had to run hot water on it to get it to melt out of the thing and run it down the drain. I don't know if it could possibly have had a drop of water left in it from washing it first (I dried it thoroughly) or if it is because there is an opening in it for a spoon (not included) and the air got to it. I also don't have a spoon tiny enough to fit snuggly in the opening. Anyway, not my best purchase. We use overstock all the time and this is the first time I have't been that happy. I'm going to keep it and use it anyway, I should have learned from the other reviews. I'll just fill the sugar bowl right before I use it for company.