Question

An object crafted by this man titled Cockerel includes a mechanism which allows a rooster to peek out of its surface. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Russian craftsman who created a collection of ornate objects including iterations dubbed “Imperial Coronation” and “Gatchina Palace” for emperors Alexander III and Nicholas II.
ANSWER: Peter Carl Fabergé [or Karl Gustavovich Faberge]
[10e] Faberge designed the aforementioned “Imperial” collection of these objects for Russian royalty. These objects were often symbolically gifted to the Romanov family on Easter.
ANSWER: eggs [accept Fabergé eggs]
[10h] A 1908 Faberge egg made for Dowager Maria Feodorovna contained a mechanical one of these animals in gilded brass. A “room” named for these animals was painted by James Whistler and Thomas Jeckyll.
ANSWER: peacock [accept The Peacock Room]
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