CaptainJack, that looks a great deal like some of the incense burners I have at home. The ones I have were made sometime in the mid to late 1800's and made out of brass. They are quite small but somewhat heavy.  I inherited them from my "granny."

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi