Spoon/Fork ???

[scarett]

Can anyone tell me what this is? It is nearly five inches long,bowl is one and a half inches across,there are five prongs with a bar across bottom of them,it's not flat like a cake slice but slightly curved.it's marked epns. Thanks.

[rekstout]

It's called a Spork and EPNS stands for Electro-plated nickel steel

[Quizmonster]

Based on Edward Lear's nonsense-phrase, such devices are sometimes called 'runcible spoons'.

[scarett]

Thanks both for your help, but..the sporks Iv'e seen are open ended this has a piece across the prongs and it seems to be a bit wide for eating with,it would be like eating with a little shovel.

[kmac12345678]

its a spork spoon/fork

[sddsddean]

EPNS = Electroplated Nickel Silver

[Gef]

EPNS stands for electroplated nickel-silver. The nickel-silver referrred to is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc and does not contain silver. However, this alloy is then electroplated with a thin coating of silver to produce EPNS.