| 1484 |
Maximilian issued a decree for his Flanders territories
affecting the use of date letters. |
| 1501 |
The Governor of the Netherlands, Archduke Philip the Handsome,issued
regulations for goldsmiths in Holland, Seeland, and Friesland and on 2
February, 1502, for Antwerp and for some other provincial towns. |
| 1551 |
Emperor Charles V issued goldsmiths' regulations for the Netherlands
which also applied to part of northern France (Artois), the area of modern
Belgium (except for the principality of Liege), the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| 1556 |
The Netherlands came under the rule of the Spanish line of the Hapsburgs.
The existing system of hallmarking remained in force. |
| 1612 |
Governor Albrecht issued a decree ordering the introduction of another
hallmark, in addition to the town mark which was already struck. |
| 1797 |
Austria's Netherlands came under French rule. French rulings of 1797
(19th Brumaire Year Vl) now became the standard. |
| 1815&emdash;30 |
Belgium formed part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but marks other
than those used in the Netherlands were used on Belgian territory |
| 1831 |
Following the establishment of the Kingdom of Belgium a new ruling
was issued on hallmarking, based on the French system. Hallmarking
became mandatory. |
| 1869 |
The law of 5 June, 1868, came into force, abolishing obligatory state
control and permitting any standard of fineness. Nevertheless, items with
a fineness of 800 and 900/1000 could be submitted for assaying and marked.
State marks of fineness were introduced as well as the personal marks of
the assayers. The maker's mark was not required. These marks remained in
force until 1 January, 1942. |
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