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Jam (Varenye) Basket

Feodor Ivanovich RückertLinkedCulture matchlcp-e8161dd9decf

Date: 1887–96
Medium: silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel
Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
Department: Decorative Art and Design
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 142824

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A particularly Russian component of this tea service is this little basket, meant to hold fruit preserved in a sweet juice, called varenye. At Russian tea, varenye was strained and served over cakes or biscuits in a similar way that the English take jam with scones at high tea. This jam ( varenye ) basket is part of a larger tea set.

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Credit line: The India Early Minshall Collection
Provenance: ?–1966: India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1966–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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