I have an old antique contraption in my house, but I don't know what it is or what it's called. Please help me to see it,,...

Hello, you have this is an old thing in Shanghai, the age of the mid-Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China have, is one of the nine silver building in Shanghai, "Fang Jiuxia" silver building, such as the begonias type of old silver plate, the price of about 1,000 yuan, the weight is estimated to be in the 50 grams or so! Satisfied with the answer please adopt!