New Melting Dish & Handle. This is a new melting dish and handle. Makes it easy to melt and pour metals. The wooden handle resists heat. The fused silica dish with clay bond is suitable for melting metals with high melting points, including platinum. The dish measures approximately 1 5/16" x 2 7/8" (33 x 73 mm). The melting dish with the handle measures approximately 15" (38 mm) long.