Thankyou. abbn --Previous Message-- : : Sorry that I cannot take time out right now : to trawl through Roberts, but my : recollection is that pearl drops and finials : were moved about and between various jewels : by Queen Mary at various times and it is a : complex story. : I just offer these two extracts from work by : Boffer. : : Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara - : In 1914 this tiara was altered by Garrard, : as the 14 pearl finials were removed to be : used in the new Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot : Tiara : : Lover's Knot tiara - : ...by 1932, all the pearl finials were made : detachable, and were permanently removed. : The pearl pendants were thus restored to : Queen Mary’s Pearl Stomacher, Queen Mary’s : Town of Richmond Brooch and Queen Mary’s : Women of Hampshire Brooch. :