RUSSIAN IMPERIAL Romanov Clock Egg . Deep mottled hand painted antique patina surface,simulating a faux deep Ruby Red Marble backround, on a designer resin casting. Antique gold patinas. This Egg has been adapted after the "Cuckoo Egg' of 1900 Originally designed by Faberge Workshop master Michael Perchin... Overall measures approx 9.5" in height by 4" in diameter. Clock face is hallmarked "ROMANOV". Precision quartz movement clockpiece. Has an Alarm setting also. This Egg is an adaption of an original designed by Peter Carl Faberge commissioned by Czar Nicolai II. New for 2008, has original packing box. Although not antique it has the appearance patina of being so. Condition is new, and is an authorized authentic reproduction masterpiece of the original Carl Faberge design. Artisans from the Hermitage and Winter Palace museums and others, upon commission, will replicate a work of art or painting. . Usually sold exclusively in St. Petersburg, Odessa and Moscow Cathedral, Museum and Palace gift shops.