What is this Sterling Shaker For?

It's Duchin Creations. Nothing special or unusual there. And I have found the lid and base separately but not together. Not a big deal.

But the holes in the lid are so tiny there's no way salt or pepper will pass through. In fact, I couldn't see the holes until after I bought it. I thought it was a perfume bottle.

What is it?

 

I don't think people use white pepper much anymore, but it might be used as a powdered sugar shaker?

 

The lid is not marked. But it's got to be silver or at least plated from the look of it.