INTRODUCTION.
 

South Bucks bobbins are bobbins that are often overshadowed by the wide variety and "prettiness" of the East Midland bobbins.  Whilst one must indeed agree as to the variety that East Midland bobbins display, there are South Bucks bobbins that show equal skill in making and in decorating.  I am not wanting to put one variety of bobbin above another, but I hope that this page will display the many facets of the South Bucks bobbins and encourage collectors to appreciate their many excellent features.

	You will often see this repair used to replace a pewter wood or bone gingle.
	Aqua Fortis, (nitric acid) was used quite extensively in decorating these bobbins.   This combines thin "squiggles" with plum pudding inlaid wooden spots and circumferential rings.
	I am sorry that this is hard to see but it a brass bound "babe" that is contained within the body of a Trolley bobbin.  It is about 7 mm long.  Very small, extremely difficult to make.
	This is wonderful series of well turned bobbins.  They are most distinctive a require a great deal of preparation of the bobbin blank before it is turned.
	Here are a variety of designs. Two color designs Cirumferential Rings Plum pudding spots
	Painted South Bucks bobbins are comparatively rare.  Some of them appear to be just and application of colours to the bobbin in an abstract form, others have some pictorial application.  Shown are the two sides of a painted bobbin and below -the detail from other examples.
	Here is a spangled plum pudding.  You can find similar decoration on a few East midland bobbins (smaller of course)
	Here is a double necked Bedfordshire trailer.  I personally question whether these double necked bobbins should be classified as "South Bucks" bobbins.  But general usage seems to have used this term.  This was made by Jonah Saunders who was one of four brothers who made bobbins in the Waddesdon area in the late 1800s and the early 1900s.
	The gingles on a South Bucks. Single neck bobbins were not made for spangling. Single neck bobbins that have spangles attached are called "adapted".  That is adapted to a different purpose.
	Here are three rather different South Bucks bobbins.  The top one has a bone inlay, the bottom one we have already discussed (above)  But just look at the middle one.  This is indeed unique.  I suspect that a person put this together for themselves.  I came to this conclusion after examining it closely, and it has all the hall marks of an individually produced bobbin rather than mass produced.  It is certainly coral, silver, but I would not commit myself to the material of the body and neck.  The owner told me bone.  At the time I doubted this but could not think of what the alternative would be.  Since then I suspect that it is alabaster, but I could be wrong!
	Here are some wooden gingles.  They were the ones that broke more often than the metal and bone ones.  Mind you bone gingles were rather fragile.
	Just look at the workmanship in this Trailer.
	Theses are commonly named "lanterns".  Though there is no historical evidence to call them that, it seems to me to be a good distinction between the East Midland church window genre and the South Bucks genre.
	Unusual bone gingles on Beds Trailers.  These are pre-made then the wooden bobbin is constructed in such a manner that it can be glued together with the bone rings in place.
	The Jack in the Box bobbins are still preserved in these examples.  Note the bobbin on the right opens from both ends!