Conch with a silver gilded scabbard. In the inventory of the armoury chamber - under no. 6; according to the inventory book of 1687 and previous years: “a steel conch; on the scabbard the frame is silver chased gilded; between the ferrule and the tip and the end is canfared; on the ferrule and on the tip forty-five turquoises, and three free places; the tip is broken; at the end, below the belt in the shape of a pear with a button, a canopy and a circle of silver; on the canopy chased grass, in them on both sides on a circle thirty-one turquoises, and three free places; the handle is confered silver; the apple is chased with road stones; on the handle and in the apple thirty-two turquoises and a free place. And according to the current census of the year, that concher matched the previous census books; but upon inspection, the tip and belt were missing, and on the scabbard and with the previous four turquoises, and there was no turquoise in the handle; the price of that concher was fifty rubles, and according to the previous inventory book, that concher was listed as the fifth one. ”. Date: before 1853.
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