bell set for sale on ebay.

[Stafford Handbells]

These are quite odd.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Bronze-Handbells-Estate-Lot-6-RARE-/200681363334?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb98a9786
Anyone know anything about them. It's really quite strange. There
are three listings by the same seller with three different sets of
bells that look the same except for one close up picture that shows a
certain mark.

[Kathleen Nickodemus]

They look like White Chapels to me.
K Nickodemus

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[Ruth Bullwinkle]

These are Petit & Fritsen bells which are also known as Dutch bells.  They are not as shiny as English Handbells and actually sound like tower bells.  I used to think they were rare, but am beginning to think otherwise as I see more and more of them.  It seems strange that this person only has six bells to sell, because that isn't a very complete set.

Ruth Bullwinkle
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Anyone know anything about them.  It's really quite strange.  There
are three listings by the same seller with three different sets of
bells that look the same except for one close up picture that shows a
certain mark.

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[Ginger Rucker]

One of the pictures in another auction from the same seller shows the name SHAW on the handle of the bell.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/J-Shaw-Son-Bradford-England-Bronze-Handbells-Estate-Lot-6-RARE-/200681339842?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb98a3bc2

Here's a bit of info about a group who obtained some of these bells. I gather that they had the bells restored or replaced as necessary and they're actually playing them.

http://www.bingleyhandbells.org.uk/history.html

As always, of course, "if it's on the internet it HAS to be TRUE".