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Jam (Varenye) Sifter
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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 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineJam (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
