This is not a plate. It is the lid to a ceramic pot that held Bear grease, shrimp paste, cold cream, shaving cream, tooth paste, potted meat, beef marrow, salves and many other cosmetics and foods that would have fit into the small, 3-to4-inch-diameter pots.
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