Jam (Varenye) Basket (1887–96): Art, History and Details

Jam (Varenye) Basket (1887–96) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Feodor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840–1917); House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Jam (Varenye) Basket
• Date: 1887–96
• Creator attribution: Feodor Ivanovich Rückert (Russian, 1840–1917); House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
• Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
• Type: Miscellaneous
• Technique: silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel
• Dimensions: Overall: 6.1 x 11.8 cm (2 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1966.500.5

A detail from the museum

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

Collection credit

The India Early Minshall Collection

View the collection record

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