Sugar bowl used in coffee shops

This is a sugar bowl that was used in traditional Hainanese coffee shops in Singapore in the mid-20th century. Smaller sugar bowls were placed on the tables for customers and brought back for refills with sugar from these ceramic sugar bowls. The sugar bowl was hand painted locally and commonly used in coffee shops for practical purposes. The sugar bowl is a distinctive feature of the coffee shop history.

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