If I have correctly understood what Thomas said in his post, the necklace as presented in 1869 had 5 pendants.
Queen Lovisa wearing the necklace with 5 pendants
But I presume that it was Queen Lovisa who removed 2 of the pendants as, when she showed the jewel to the Duchess of Teck in 1877, it had only 3 pendants.
Perhaps Queen Lovisa took the extra two pendants on and off at will as I think she might have had all five pendants on the necklace at the wedding of her son to Queen Maud in 1896.
There seem to be 5 pendants worn when the photo below was taken. The information attached to this on the net says it was taken in the early 1900s. It seems to me that it was taken at the same sitting as the first photo in this post as the Queen is wearing the same dress and jewels.
Getty dates this image (which is from the same sitting) as 1896.
Are there other photos of Queen Lovisa showing her with this necklace?
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