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| Name | Chanticleer Egg |  |
| Date | 1903 |
| Provenance | Presented by Alexander III to Czarina Maria Fyodorovna |
| Made in | St. Petersburg |
| Work-master | Mikhail Perkhin |
| Marks | Fabergé, MP, assay mark of St. Petersburg 1896-1908, assay master Iakov Liapunov |
| Materials | gold, enamel, diamonds, pearls |
| Dimensions | hight 12" 5/8 (open) |
| Techniques | guilloche, ronde bosse, enamel |
| Kept in | The Forbes Magazine Collection - New York |
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 The second largest Fabergé egg known, this egg recalls "singing bird" snuffboxes popular in Switzerland in the early 19th century.
 A rooster emerges from under the grille at the top, bobbing its head, flapping its wings, and crowing the hour. A similar Fabergé creation in pink enamel is also recorded. It is not certain which of the two was actually made for the imperial family and which for another wealthy client.
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