Jam (Varenye) Basket
Medium
silver gilt, opaque cloisonné enamel
Dimensions
6.1 × 11.8 cm
Classification
Miscellaneous
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The India Early Minshall Collection
Accession Number
1966.500.5
Tags
gender unknownmale
About this artwork
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.