This is a wooden wine barrel with a wooden stand with wooden tap. It has metal rings holding the barrel together. So, it is a real barrel. However, it is not full size. In this photo, it is placed on a good size end table so that should give you an idea on size. This was sold to bars and liquor stores as a display piece to promote their product. They were not sold to the general public. This one is new, unused, with the original box. The boxes they were shipped in were just wine boxes. It looks great! Very rare! New old stock from the late 1980's.