Tastevin "Burgundies Patriarch"

This small tastevin is engraved "patriarch". "Burgundies patriarch". So it is a French tastevin. I can't say if it's a good idea to sell it these days :). At the same time, the word patriarch is hidden by the thumb when held. I've always known it at my parents' house; it wasn't used for testing or tasting, but as an ashtray. It could now serve to hold rings, or even to place a large flat candle inside. It is made of silver-plated metal. Old, as I've always known it... Old... (at least 1960) It weighs 50 grams. When turned over, I find it resembles a small baba au rhum mould.