Blue Serpent Clock (Fabergé egg)
Both pieces are based on the cercles tournants (revolving dial) urn clocks in the Louis XVI style with a snake to indicate the time.The egg stands on a base of gold, blue and opalescent white guilloché enamel.The three panels of the base feature motifs of raised gold in four colors, representing the arts and sciences.The serpent's head and tongue point to the hour indicated in Roman numerals on a white band that runs around the egg near the top.In 1922, the egg was likely transferred to the Sovnarkom, where it was held until it was sold abroad to Michel Norman of the Australian Pearl Company.