Scepter of the grand attire the ancient scepter of the grand attire, kept in the armoury chamber, is described in the inventory of the sovereign's grand attire, compiled in 1642 by decree of the tsar and grand duke mikhail fedorovich, as follows: "a scepter of chased gold with various enamels and stones, with diamonds and worm-eaten sapphires and emeralds; at the top are three eagles with flattened wings together, with enamels; on top of the eagles is a crown, on the crown on the back is an azure sapphire stone, on it is a gurmits grain. The azure sapphire was removed from the scepter, and an emerald was put in its place. " after the azure sapphire was replaced with an emerald, this scepter of the grand attire, as can be seen from subsequent inventories, has been preserved in the same form to the present day. It is also mentioned in the inventory of the treasury and royal attire of tsar ivan alekseevich: “a gold scepter with multi-colored enamel, on it an eagle with a crown, on the crown an emerald; on top and on the bottom of that emerald there is a burmitz grain; in it are twenty diamonds, nine sapphires, three emeralds; one diamond is missing; the sheath is pasted over with scarlet velvet, in the middle with sapphires satin. ” during the common reign of the tsars and grand dukes ivan and peter alekseevich, this scepter belonged to ivan. And for tsar peter alekseevich a similar scepter was made, gold with colored enamel and also decorated with a large emerald, on the back, with two burmitz grains, three small emeralds, twenty diamonds and nine sapphires. Antiquities of the russian country, 1846-1853. Vol. 2. Illustrator: solntsev, fyodor grigorievich. Date: 1846—1853.
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