The Ian Spellerberg Collection
Thursday, 21 - Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Wooden Fern Ware Letter Opener, L33cm
Sorrento Ware Olive Wood Page Knife with Floral and Swallow Design L63cm
Wooden Paper Knife with Hand Painted Deer L56cm
Wooden Paper Knife with Hand Painted Mice L46cm
Wooden Paper Knife with Hand Painted Birds, Flowers and Buildings L49cm
Two Wooden Paper Knives with Hand Painted Nursery Rhyme Figures L36cm, L38cm
Wooden Paper Knife with Hand Painted Swallow L48cm
Wooden Paper Knife with Carved Oriental Design, Mother of Pearl Inlay L44cm
Sorrento Wooden Paper Knife with Swallow L40cm
Bamboo Paper Knife and Ruler L42cm
Two Wooden Letter Openers with Marquetry Inlay and Pacifica Design L29cm, L34cm
Composite Stone Paper Knife L32cm
Mauchline Ware Letter Opener, Curved Blade with French Illustration L27cm
Wooden Paper Knife with Floral and Shell Designs L28cm
Mauchline Ware Letter Opener with Illustration of Shanklan Chine L27cm
Peach Wood Hand Carved Painted Souvenir Redlands Letter Opener L26cm
Mauchline Ware Cricket Bat Letter Opener L32cm
One Curved Paper Knife with Marquetry Handle L29cm and Mahogany Paper Knife L31cm
Mauchline Ware Paper Knife and Dip Pen, Architectural Images L25cm
Two Wooden Carved Poker Work Paper Knives L25cm, L31cm
Two Wooden Hand Painted Floral Paper Knives L23cm, L24cm
Old Cathedral Wood, Nelson, 1932, Hand Painted Paper Knife L24cm
Three Wooden Paper Knives with Hand Painted Swallow and Bird Motifs L24-34cm
Two Wooden Hand Painted Floral Paper Knives L26cm, L31cm
Multi Wood Hand Carved African Handle Letter Opener L38cm
Oak Paper Knife Carved with Roses and Leaf Design L27cm
Two Wooden Floral Embossed Paper Knives L26.5cm
Two Wooden Paper Knives with Hand Painted Floral Detail, The Old London Street New York Exhibition L33cm, L25cm
Mauchline Ware Paper Knife with Postal and Stamp information on back, Buxton Gardens Image & Nelson's Monument L23-30cm
Mauchline Ware Paper Knife with an Oval Image depicting a Ship L25cm
Pair of Mauchline Ware Paper Knives, Conrad W Schmidt Export Varnish Manufacture, Stratford, London L31cm
Australian Mulga Pen and Paper Knife, L24cm
Paris Exposition Pocket Knife Letter Opener L29cm
Olive Wood Early Souvenir Letter Opener L27.5cm
Mauchline Ware Paper Knife with Illustrations of Holyrood Palace and Edinburgh Castle L26cm
Oak Reformers' Tree Page Folder, became the focus of protests in 1866 by the reform league L28cm
Celluloid with Copper Portrait Letter Opener L20cm
Curved Sickle Shaped Mauchline Ware inscribed with the Mount of Olives Paper Knife L30cm
BCPA Australian Mulga Wood Advertising Paper Knife, 1940's-1950's, L19cm
Two Ivory Paper Knives L18cm, L22cm
Two Ivory Paper Knives L20cm, L18cm
Two Ivory Letter Openers L15cm, L23cm
Ivory and Bone Paper Knives (2) L20cm
Mother of Pearl and Ivory Letter Openers and Ivory Paperclip L9-13cm
Two Brass and One Silver Letter Openers with Curved Blades, Two with Bullet Handles L17- L19cm
Porcelain Paper Knife with Floral Decoration, AF small chip L38cm
Four Mauchline Ware Paper Knives L15-24cm
Two Wooden Paper Knives, one signed 1880, one with Floral and Bird Design L24cm
Two Tunbridge Ware Paper Knives L22cm
19C Silver and MOP Letter Opener Auger Paris, L24cm
MOP Carved Letter Opener/Page Folder, L19cm
18thC French Bronze Fleur De Lis Seal Paper Knife L13cm with Bone Handled and Wooden Handled Palette Knives
Two Brass Letter Openers with Embossed Inlaid Handles L20cm, L22cm
Japanese Brass Yatate Travelling Inkwell/Pen with Seal, L20cm
Heavy Brass Letter Opener with Entwined Figures Handle L20.5cm
Brass Embossed Letter Opener L26cm
19C Brass Naval Themed English Letter Opener, L23cm
Brass Paper Knife Depicting a Curled Leaf L28cm
Brass with Green Patina Embossed Paper Knife L24cm
Grained Composite Paper Knife L29cm
Brass Paper Knife Depicting a Whale with an Embossed Handle L25cm
Brass Paper Knife with Bird Embossed Handle L32cm
Brass Paper Knife with Mosaic Floral Inlay L21cm
Brass and Copper Handled Letter Opener with Floral and Bird Design L27cm
Victorian Letter Opener in the shape of a Dagger with Porcelain Floral and Gilt Handle L19cm
Brass Letter Opener with Enamel and Gold Floral Handle L25cm
Novelty Deer Hoof Letter Opener with Silver Bolster marked Germany L17cm
Zeus! Steel Lightning Bolt Letter Opener by Greece is For Lovers L30cm
Sterling Silver & Tortoiseshell Tortoise, makers Mark Levi & Salaman Table Match Holder H4cm
Victorian Tortoiseshell with Brass Inlay Cigarette and Vesta Case, Two Escutcheons - Possibly Gold, believed to belong
Brass Figural Lying Dog Table Match Holder H5cm
Heavy Brass Dog Begging with a Bowl Table Match Holder H7.5cm
Cast Metal Elephant Table Match Holder H7cm
Cast Metal Early Warwick Bear Table Match Holder H7cm
Brass Devil Matchbox Holder H8cm
Leather Cigar Holder in Matching Leather Case, Havana Cigars, Cuba with Match Holder H12cm
Leather and Brass Cigarette/Matches Case L12cm
Brass Tinder Box with Lens, Steel Flint and Tinder L11cm
Cast Iron Sargent & Co. Pivoting Bird Table Match Holder H8cm
Brass and Nickel Plated Lighthouse and Boat Table Match Holder H14cm
Three Copper, Tin and Brass Milk & Cream Cans H9-14cm
Miniature Copper Jug Table Match Holder H2cm
.800 Silver Grand Piano Table Match Holder H3.5cm, TW64gms
Danish Silver Embossed Tinder Box L5cm, TW23gms
Embossed Silver Tinder Box with Steel Surround L5cm
Mongolian Silver and Leather Fire Steel/Tinder Pouch, Braided Silver Chain and Toggle L18cm with chain
Argentinian Silver Mounted Horn Tinder Tube and Steel, Silver Chain Attached L10cm horn
Silver Fire Steel/Tinder Box L4cm
Gold/Silver (hallmarked?) Strike Lighter, H6cm, TW22gms
Georgian Sterling Silver Snuff Box modified with Striker, Birmingham 1907/08, L7cm, TW38gms
Two .900 Silver Strike Lighters TW31gms
Ivory Bucket with a Figure and Bamboo Motif Table Match Holder H4.5cm
Metal Fire Steels (2) and Fish Shaped Striker L5-11cm
Bird Fire Steel L7cm
Dog Fire Steel L7cm
German Artefact Fire Steels (2)
Leather Tinder Purse and Fire Steel with Pipe Tamper and Stem Cleaner, Backert, London H8cm
Wood and Silver Tinder Box with Fire Steel L7cm
Leather Fire Steel/Tinder Box H6cm
19thC Tibetan Fire Steel Tinder Box H7cm
