“the shield is red damask, the edges are round, through the edges are cut gold grass and animals; and in them are six filigree gold burdocks with a stone and in three of the burdocks three stones are missing; the base with a gold filigree apple, a gold filigree crown, over the gold crown a gilded iron crown with cheadai grass on the edge, canfarene earth; around the shield the fringe is worm-eaten silk with silver; from the bottom there is an attachment of white forged silver with gilded silver nails of small peas; two smooth gold threads are tied with flowers; lined, a cushion of silver satin; and on it on the sides are four german brands; the cushion has a tie covered with worm-eaten velvet on copper rings; "in the bases and in the apple, and in the burrs, and in the crown one thousand four hundred and forty-eight sparkles of small laliques and vinasses, and turquoise, and thirty-two pearl grains. And according to the current census of the year and upon inspection, that shield matched the previous census books, four burrs, and a golden apple with stones, and two golden buckles are missing, in the burrs and in the crown and in the belt many stones are missing, in the crown at the top the gold is broken off, more than half of the silver edges are missing, the fringe is damaged; the price of that shield according to the assessment of the barrel craftsman afanasy vyatkin and his comrades is one thousand rubles, and in the previous inventory book it was written first. ". Date: before 1853.
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