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Jam (Varenye) Basket

Jam (Varenye) Basket

1887–96
workmaster

attributed to Feodor Ivanovich Rückert

(Russian, 1840–1917)
(Russian, 1842–1918)
Russia, St. Petersburg
silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel
Overall: 6.1 x 11.8 cm (2 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.500.5
Location: 211 Fabergé

Did You Know?

This jam (varenye) basket is part of a larger tea set.

Description

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.
  • ?–1966
    India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1966–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 31, 2009).
    Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).
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