How do I change Firefox bookmark toolbar icons?

My Firefox bookmark toolbar items change icons every now and then for apparently no reason, especially if a site is down. I get the DNS site's icons all over, on another case I have the Facebook icon on a TOTALLY irrelevant bookmark, so the question is: How can I change the icons on my bookmarks in the bookmark toolbar?

Favicon Picker 2 adds a UI for replacing bookmark icons. The extension is based on the the version posted in MozillaZine. It also features an increased icon size limit.

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Point your bookmark at a local HTML document that immediately redirects to the desired destination. Link to a local favicon in the same directory.

You may need to restart your browser before the favicon will show up on the bookmark.

file:///[path]/example.html

<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://www.example.com" />
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="example.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
</head>
<body></body>
</html>

file:///[path]/example.ico

This solution suits my personal needs in Firefox 47.0. Note that the solution doesn't work so well where:

You need to create such bookmarks frequently.
You have disabled redirection as a security precaution.
The bookmark must point directly at the destination.

How do I change Firefox bookmark toolbar icons?

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