Also I'm open to correction but I can't think that something made in the 1920s or so would be a patch stand?
I wondered about that too, but apparently patches have come in and out of fashion and were still used in the 20th century, by film actresses and such, see here:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/sexy-face-stickers/ . One of the possible reasons for requiring a patch(es) was none too savoury either.
I thought patch stands mostly had flat tops, or tops with a ridge at right angles to the surface, rather than curved like a bowl.
I thought true patch stands from the Georgian period had completely flat tops - I assumed so that you could slide the fiddly little blighter off between finger and thumb.
Investing In Georgian Glass by Ward Lloyd says they are little shallow dishes, 1 to 4 or 5 inch diameter, on stems and feet, “...shallow saucer shape or more commonly absolutely flat with a shallow flange around the edge”. He says “...there use is rather obscure...they are of such common occurrence that it seems much more likely that they were mere dressing-table accessories, used to carry trinkets and cosmetics of all sorts”.
Maybe Anton’s was for cherries or sweets or cherry sweets?