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Source Description
This sifter, which accompanies the little basket in this tea set, is a particularly Russian component of this service meant to strain the 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
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142828
label
Jam (Varenye) Sifter
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object
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1
Source metadata
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142828
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object
title
Jam (Varenye) Sifter
description
This sifter, which accompanies the little basket in this tea set, is a particularly Russian component of this service meant to strain the 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
Q60758437
creators
8894
55332
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Miscellaneous
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 17.5 x 5.8 cm (6 7/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
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Russia, St. Petersburg
accession
1966.500.9
Source extras
tec
silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel
tombstone
Jam (Varenye) Sifter, 1887–96. Attributed to Feodor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840–1917), House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel; overall: 17.5 x 5.8 cm (6 7/8 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 1966.500.9
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
84, St. George? [assay mark for Moscow, 1882-1896]; C. Fabergé (in Cyrillic); double-headed eagle? [imperial warrant].
formerAccessionNumbers
1966.508
didYouKnow
This jam (<em>varenye</em>) sifter is part of a larger tea service.
creditline
The India Early Minshall Collection
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2026-05-29 07:20:43.968000
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142828
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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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male
gender unknown
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1
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0
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photo
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