Christmas gift guide: Country pursuits
Christmas presents for those who like to be out in the field, from hipflasks to luxury hampers and a fox fur collar
Leather and Rabit fur cap Holland and Holland (020-7499 4411; www.hollandandholland.com)
Silver-plate peg finders in leather pouch £575, Ray Ward (020-7235 2550; www.rayward.co.uk)
Feather and glass photo frames £40-£60, Wingfield-Digby (07971 163243; www.wingfielddigby.co.uk)
Stag-antler whistle key ring £12, The Great English Outdoors (01497 821205)
Sterling-silver and plain crystal stag-head ship's decanter £1,450, Hamilton & Inches (0131-225 4898; www.hamiltonandinches.com)
Possum-fur ladies headband, Kiwi Kate £62 (07801 298365; www.kiwikate.co.uk)
Traditional Alpine beech toboggan £55, Hen and Hammock (01844 217060; www.henandhammock.co.uk)
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Sloe-gin shot box, £265 The Shot Box (08445 044054; www.theshotbox.co.uk)
Subscribe to The Field, quoting code AGJ1 to save 36%, IPC Media (0844 848 0848; www.magazinesdirect.com/IGJ2) Argentinian polo dog collar, Polka Dot Pie (01296 670759; www.polkadotpie.co.uk)
Argentinian polo dog collar, £20-£23 Polka Dot Pie (01296 670759; www.polkadotpie.co.uk)
Tweed hip flask, Holland and Holland £195 (020-7499 4411; www.hollandandholland.com)
The Galloway luxury hamper, £349 The Gourmet Trotter (01372 940100; www.gourmet-trotter.co.uk)
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