Ash pan....or something else altogether ?????

My friend needs help, so I turn to you .
But it has to be interesting so......

I see an ash pan......but the handle is goofy....and the top has colored resin with 12 roman #'s and a dial that moves to each one.
So I'm wondering if you put stuff into it......or take something out of it at a prescribed interval ..?????
If it's a counter from 1 to 12.....is it counting up...or down.....???
Or is it pure decoration???
It looks like it's been around the block....but how old could it be ?
Does it have value over and above just decoration?

I'll add dimensions as soon as they become available........ ( but I suspect it's ashtray size)

Any help would be greatly welcomed !!!

 

6" long,,ash tray area is 4" D 1" H not counting finger grip

Sorry , colored sections are Enamel ........not resin.......silly me !!

 

Basic form is that of a silent butler but see no logical reason for the decoration and spinning top.

 

That's the most interesting gizmo for a Gdammit I've seen in quite a while.

 

That's what I'm thinking....but the top goes ...well.....way over the top !!

 

Couple years ago I found massive brass silent butler and lid was cast made with astrology signs. I was told it probably was made 70s-80s in Taiwan or Korea and it was made as souvenir: people bought it more because of different décor at the lid.