Cannot mount NTFS filesystem on hardware-write-protected USB stick with Disk Utility or Nautilus

A user reports being unable to read a hardware write-protected USB stick formatted with NTFS.

He tried to mount it from Nautilus, where he gets the error:

Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 18: Error opening '/dev/sdh1': Read-only file system
Failed to mount '/dev/sdh1': Read-only file system

He can read it when mounted with the hardware switch for write protection OFF, though.

Desired results

He should be able to open the partition read-only.

Original created by @emmapeel on 7800 (Redmine)

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