Here is the ultimate collection – designed by and made for Silver Magpie. Not only believed to be the first January to December set of sterling silver cuff links but especially clever in that you can choose to show the stone or the month depending on the look you want. The natural stones are chosen for the way the colours reflect the seasons and tones in clothing.

The Big Box – For the christening present, or 18th or confirmation… this gorgeous leather cuff link box makes a superb way of keeping all the 12 links separate.

Or you can have the matching Travel Box. Both pieces are handmade by a traditional English tanner established in 1922 – as reassuring as it gets.

As a first present, why not put the cufflink of the child’s month of birth in the box? Then year by year, give the remaining 11, so that eventually the child has a different cufflink for each month.