This can be used as an ornament (there is a hole at the top to hang it) but can also be used on tabletop since the bottom is flat. It does not have any cracks - the line that is seen on one side down the bottom is not a post-production crack since there is glaze over it. There are a few tiny spots that do not have paint or glaze on it. They are in the gray area in the middle. At first glance I thought they were stars but on closer inspection, they are pinpoint spots of missing paint and glaze (especially the one over the person's hand on one side.) I zoomed in so that you could see them in the pictures. The dark areas on the bottom are stain/glaze and not dirt. The gold stars at the top on both sides show some loss of gold, however, there is glaze over it. Weighs 10 oz.