I don’t see where you said the dimensions. It appears to be about 3” square and 3/4” tall (minus the legs). The handle looks less than an inch long and maybe 1/3” diameter. Is that about right?
That’s a bit small to be used as a handle. And why would there be a mid section to it? What is that line around the middle? Does it pull open? Is it two pieces welded together. Makes no sense.
If it were larger, I’d think you’d hold the handle and push down on the clover thing on top with your thumb to open it away from you. But it seems too small for that to be practical.
Is that a mechanism holding it open or did you put something in it to hold it open for the picture?
Is the round glass the same glass that is on the sides? If not, then it’s fairly certain that there was something else there at one time. Still, why go to all the trouble of replacing whatever it was with plain glass? The box itself doesn’t look valuable enough to go to all that trouble.
Is there any indication if there was anything attached on the inside of the box?
Oh, I see, the sides are tin. The tin appears to be crudely put in and doesn’t look original. Is it original?
The more I look at it the more it looks like someone had nothing better to do with his time. Weird combination of various materials.