Silver handbell, Friesland?

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Silver handbell, wenn I am correct, marked with the mark of Friesland and a yearletter? Never seen such a item out of Friesland. Am I correct?
Unfortunately no makersmark.

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These are pseudo/fake marks. The two lions passant pseudo Frisian standard mark, pseudo year letter L and pseudo/fake hatchet, the Dutch duty mark used between 1852-1927


The hatchet, the 1853 duty mark for old silver objects of national origin returned to the trade. In accordance with several resolutions with further clarifications, this mark was intended for objects with the hallmarks of the ancient Netherlands silversmiths companies, of Louis Napoleon's Kingdom of Holland, of the French Republic, of the French Empire until the end of 1813, of Maastricht and Liege 1814-1815, and of the former Southern Netherlands. In accordance with these resolutions even objects with marks which clearly had been struck in France and the present Belgium were to be considered national and thus exempt from import duty and double marking duty. Later it was decided that objects with this hatchet mark were to be considered as equal to guaranteed objects, and were thus permitted to be exposed for sale in the showcases for guaranteed objects. The use of this mark was abolished in 1927 for two reasons: 1st . The lack of knowledge of the old marks has caused this mark to be sometimes struck on old foreign objects. 2nd. This mark had often been counterfeited and used to give objects an antique aura.

Peter.

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Thanks Peter!