Vintage Silver retailer Plate Creame With Lion Heads

This is a real nice early silver plate covered creamer or possible a one cup tea pot. The pot was manufactured by the Meriden Company . It has an ornate vine and grape leaf design carved on the silver plate , with four lions heads and paws for feet.

The creamer is in real nice vintage condition , has some lite scratches here and there but I did not spot any dings or dents.
To the rim it measures 3 7/8" and to the very top 5 1/2" . Even the knob on retailer the top is held up by 3 paws .