This egg is a replica of the famous First Hen Imperial Fabergé Egg. It became the first in a series of more than 50 such jeweled eggs made under the supervision of Peter Carl Fabergé for the Russian Imperial family. It was delivered to Tsar Alexander III and given to his wife Maria Feodorovna in 1885. The tsarina enjoyed the egg so much that Alexander III quickly placed a standing order with Fabergé to create a new egg for his wife every Easter thereafter, requiring only that each egg be unique and that it contain some kind of "surprise" within it. Inside the egg you can find another small egg that symbolizes the yolk. Inside the small egg is a chicken figurine. Both eggs can be used as a trinket jewel boxes. Material: Alloy of non-ferrous metals, enamel, crystals. Height: with stand - 5.2'' (13 cm), the egg itself - 4'' (10 cm). Weight: 1 lbs (435 g).