Peranakans use mainly two types of porcelain spoons particularly for soups and desserts. Soup spoons are larger than dessert spoons. Dessert spoons are used with dessert bowls in the serving of Peranakan desserts such as 'chendol', 'tai bak' and 'biji delima'. Blue and white spoons were mostly imported and came in a large variety of designs. Motifs ranged from floral to blackbird to phoenix to butterfly. This example features a sweet pea blossom motif.In Southeast Asia, blue and white porcelain was probably the most widely used of the Chinese export wares. Highly durable, they were used on a daily basis in the Peranakan kitchen and for dining. As traditional colours of mourning, blue and white wares were also used in making offerings to the ancestors during funeral ceremonies.
