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Source Description
A particularly Russian component of this tea service is this little basket, meant to hold fruit preserved in a sweet juice, called <em>varenye. </em>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.
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Document identity
localId
142824
label
Jam (Varenye) Basket
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object
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1
Source metadata
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142824
contentType
object
title
Jam (Varenye) Basket
description
A particularly Russian component of this tea service is this little basket, meant to hold fruit preserved in a sweet juice, called <em>varenye. </em>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.
date
1887–96
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60740361
creators
8894
55332
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Miscellaneous
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 6.1 x 11.8 cm (2 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
cul
Russia, St. Petersburg
accession
1966.500.5
Source extras
tec
silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel
tombstone
Jam (Varenye) Basket, 1887–96. Attributed to Feodor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840–1917), House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel; overall: 6.1 x 11.8 cm (2 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.500.5
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
84, St. George [assay mark for Moscow, 1882-1896]; C. Fabergé (in Cyrillic); double-headed eagle [imperial warrant]; 10593 scratched.
formerAccessionNumbers
1966.504
didYouKnow
This jam (<em>varenye</em>) basket is part of a larger tea set.
creditline
The India Early Minshall Collection
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2026-05-29 07:20:44.013000
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142824
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel
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gender unknown
male
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1
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0
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photo
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