An ornate silver basket designed to have an inserted glass bowl holding a synepy preserve called a 'spoon sweet'; handle has carved bird; sides designed with columns faces; four feet on bottom.

Spoon sweets are sweet preserves served in a spoon as a gesture of hospitality in Bosnia, Serbia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Kosovo, Cyprus, the Balkans, parts of the Middle East, and Russia. Sweet preserves is a cross between a jam and a preserve. Almost any fruit can be used to make them, but those made with tiny whole fruits are the most treasured of all. Spoon sweets made from sour cherries and fragrant citrus blossoms are especially delectable. All of these sweets are excellent with ice cream, pancakes, and surprising as it may sound, with pungent goat's or sheep's cheeses. (From Flavors of Greece).

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