Cleveland Museum of Art

Jam (Varenye) Basket

Feodor Ivanovich Rückert

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

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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