Horse silver chain for ceremonial occasions, horse rein chains were silver, gilded, decorated with pearls and precious stones. Rattling chains were made of bells, or, as the inventories say, openwork apples: "two chains, silver gilded apples, openwork, large - one with pearls, and the other with kinglets; smaller apples with pearls. " "chains with folds, twisted, on the apples - emeralds. " the chains depicted in drawing no. 144, in the inventory of 1706: "two chains, silver gilded, chased; on the sides of seven links, in the collar of five links with eagles; on the links and indroks and lions. According to the census of the third year, with the previous inventory book, those chains coincided, but upon inspection in many places they were broken and beaten with copper; they weighed eighteen pounds and a half pound; in others they weighed eleven pounds and a half pound. And according to the census of the year (1692), those chains and their weight are similar to the previous census book of the third year (1689). And according to the present census of the third year (707), those two chains are similar to the previous inventory of the year (1692), and upon inspection the first chains have seven links on each side, and two eagles on the neck, five links, and two eagles; on one side there is a ring with a loop, and on the other ring there is one loop; on the other side there are no loops or rings at the ends; "the collar has loops at both ends, the other chains have five links on each side, on one side there are two eagles, and one loop, but no ring, and on the other side there is one eagle, and in the collar there are two links, and an eagle, and one punch; and the weight of both chains, according to the inventory from the year (707), is similar; the price is eight rubles a pound, a total of two hundred and forty rubles. ". Date: before 1853.
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