Birthday gifts

A birthday gift for a cat lover is harder than it looks. They already have the mugs, the socks and the tote bags. What they rarely have is an object good enough to keep on show for years.

A 40 cm hand-painted cat does that job, and on a plain-colour finish you can have their name or their age painted on its left haunch. Pick a finish that matches their personality: calm white or black for the minimalist, Signal Red or Tangerine for the one who fills a room, Mondrian for the one who never follows the rules (its lines cover the whole cat, so it comes without a name).

Plan ahead: each cat is made to order and ships from Switzerland in 4 to 6 weeks. If the birthday is closer than that, the e-gift card arrives by email in minutes and lets them choose their cat themselves.