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    "localId": "142828",
    "label": "Jam (Varenye) Sifter",
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    "id": "142828",
    "contentType": "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",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.500.9",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.500.9/1966.500.9_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 17.5 x 5.8 cm (6 7/8 x 2 5/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Russia, St. Petersburg"
    ],
    "accession": "1966.500.9"
}

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    "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.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.500.9",
    "creditline": "The India Early Minshall Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:20:43.968000",
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    "dept": "Decorative Art and Design",
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    "med": "silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel",
    "creatorTags": [
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        "gender unknown"
    ],
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}

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