Believe it or not this is a clock, a functioning clock.
It was created by James Cox, a noted jeweler and clock maker.
In 1777 Grigory Potiomkin pandering to Catherine II's passion for
collecting, commissioned the celebrated craftsman to make the clock and
automaton.
Cox needed the money and used an existing mechanical peacock but added a
rooster, squirrel, and owl. The innards that make the clock work, which
includes the peacock raising its tail and the other living creatures moving, are
hidden into the head of mushroom.
The clock has been in St. Petersburg since 1781.
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