Terrapin fork

A terrapin fork was a hybrid of spoon and fork, similar to a spork, that was used for eating terrapin stew and other dishes made from turtle meat. It typically has a bowl-like shape with short tines, designed to both spear pieces of meat and scoop the accompanying soup or gelatinous sauce. Overall design was similar to the ice cream fork, but had four tines instead of three. The utensil was most popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a period when terrapin was considered a delicacy in the United States; it is quite rare in the 21st century. A ramekin fork was very similar in shape (although sometimes with pierced-through bowl area), to the point that the 1913 Tiffany & Co.'s Blue Book catalog under the title "Terrapin Forks" listed "See Ramekin Forks".