Wooden shield covered with damask this is one of four shields that were in the armory treasury and described in 1687 as follows: “four wooden shields of linden, pasted over with worm-eaten lace on the face, and with red stripes on the inside; the face is silver and one of them has stripes; and on two of them there are iron finials, on each of them there is a double-headed eagle, and eight of different colors, and two borders drawn with silver, and twelve copper burdocks on each; copper buckles for attachment; the buckles under one are red silk, and the others are thread. In one there is a red kumash pillow; on two shields the buckles are gilded copper; on the top there is a large burdock, and on the top of the shield there are twenty one burdocks; copper buckles for attachment, colored silk braids; one has a red taffeta pillow. And according to the current census of the year, those shields matched the previous census books, but upon inspection, one has no pillow; the price of those shields with iron tops is five rubles, and with copper tops four rubles per shield; and in the previous inventory book they are listed in the twentieth article. ". Date: before 1853.
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