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Antique Pith Helmet

Polo Or Pith Helmet By Gieves Of London
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Gieves Royal Navy Officer's Tropical Helmet, Pith Helmet, Solar Topee. A good Gieves Ltd. 'Wolseley
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Early 20th Century British Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Canvas, Cork

Antique Polo Or Pith Helmet By Gieves Of London
Polo Or Pith Helmet By Gieves Of London
$437
H 7.49 in W 11.03 in D 14.97 in
African Chief’s gilt Crown and Sceptre in the form of a Pith helmet and pipe
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid Bouelé Chief’s gilt-wood crown and sceptre in the form of a Pith helmet and pipe Ivory
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Early 1900s Ivorian Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Giltwood

Rare, Large, 18th Century Angel Candlesticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
featuring glass eyes, pith helmets and multi-colored wings.
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18th Century European Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique Rare, Large, 18th Century Angel Candlesticks
Rare, Large, 18th Century Angel Candlesticks
$29,500 / set
H 30 in W 14.5 in D 10 in
Traditional Ashanti African Chief’s velvet and gilt-wood Leopard crown on stand
Located in Amsterdam, NL
flaunted with a traditional crown, clearly thought the ‘fashionable’ Pith helmet of a European colonialist
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Velvet, Giltwood

Ashanti African Chief’s ceremonial gold and gilt-metal crown and sash on stand
Located in Amsterdam, NL
chief, who before flaunted with a traditional crown, clearly thought the ‘fashionable’ Pith helmet of a
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Art Nouveau Antique Pith Helmet

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Gold, Gold Plate, Metallic Thread

Fine Early 20th Century Bongo Ancestral Post
Located in London, GB
depicted wearing a colonial-era pith helmet. The Bongo are one of several closely affiliated groups (Bongo
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Early 20th Century South Sudanese Tribal Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Wood

Antique Fine Early 20th Century Bongo Ancestral Post
Fine Early 20th Century Bongo Ancestral Post
$8,125
H 57.88 in W 9.45 in D 9.45 in
Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Mizuno Toshikata - Sino Japan Battle_of_Son.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
, wearing a white pith helmet and a black jacket, and Kinsen, wearing a flat-brimmed straw hat and a white
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19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Pith Helmet

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Bronze

Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Mizuno Toshikata - Sino Japan Battle_of_Son.
Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Mizuno Toshikata - Sino Japan Battle_of_Son.
$1,260 Sale Price
20% Off
H 14.77 in W 27.96 in D 0.08 in
Pair of hunting oil painting scenes with wild boar
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
of the figures wear military uniforms with Wolseley pattern pith helmets. The distinctive sun helmets
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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antique English Victorian Ode-to-Empire Pith Helmet Cigar Lighter, 1900
By Samuel Walton Smith & Co.
Located in New York, NY
form of pith helmet; spike flue between tools with Classical bust handles. An ode to empire that evokes
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Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Sterling Silver

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Workers Protective Helmet, German Automotive Factory
Located in Peekskill, NY
factory. This Pith helmet style head piece and shroud has a well worn patina that really shows the years
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Early 20th Century German Industrial Antique Pith Helmet

Asian Folding Table with Brass Tray and Carved Wood, circa 1890
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
pith helmet and his clothes, surely an officer), dragon, bats, flowers and symbols. Chinoiserie
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1890s Asian Chinese Export Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Brass

Original Antique Recruitment Poster See The World by Joining the Army Gibraltar
By Lionel Edwards
Located in London, GB
soldiers standing on the deck of a ship wearing pith helmets and looking towards a warship in front of the
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1910s British Antique Pith Helmet

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Paper

Pith Helmet in the Original Tole Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
English pith helmet and painted copper box with all the historical romance you could wish for
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Metal

1930s German Factory Worker Suede Protective Head Gear
Located in Peekskill, NY
window with aluminum frame. The top is modeled after Pith Helmet with the whole device covered in suede
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Early 20th Century German Industrial Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Leather

Rare 19th century Pith or Tropical Officers Helmet
Located in Haarlem, NL
This cork and canvas officer helmet is a tropical sunhelmet with an imperial cockade on the front
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Late 19th Century French Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Leather, Canvas, Cork

Auguste Moreau “Charmeur” Patinated Metal Sculpture Lamp
By Auguste Moreau
Located in Guaynabo, PR
between his feet. The lamp has a Tiffany stained glass like shade shaped as a pith or sun helmet. This
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Metal

Folk Art Colonial Carving
Located in Hudson, NY
Wood carving of an colonial African wearing a pith helmet
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Early 20th Century African Folk Art Antique Pith Helmet

British Colonial Mercury Glass Lamp
Located in Charlottesville, VA
large woven Indian snake basket. Complete with matching pith helmet finial. New black paper, silver
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Early 20th Century English British Colonial Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Glass

Original Antique Recruitment Poster See The World By Joining The Army Gibraltar
By Lionel Edwards
Located in London, GB
three soldiers standing on the deck of a ship wearing pith helmets and looking towards a warship in
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1910s Antique Pith Helmet

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Paper

Oil on Canvas by Frederic Remington titled "The Caravan"
By Frederic Remington
Located in New Orleans, LA
, wearing his pith helmet with a lady in a hat and the second cart in the the forefront, has an African
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19th Century American Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Canvas

Original Pith Helmet from the Belgian Congo, circa 1940
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wolseley model pith helmet used in the Belgian Congo in the 1940s. The Wolseley model was adopted
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Early 20th Century Belgian Antique Pith Helmet

Two Original Pith Helmets from the Belgian Congo, circa 1940
Located in Antwerp, BE
These two Wolseley model pith helmets were used in the Belgian Congo in the 1940s. The Wolseley
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Early 20th Century Belgian Antique Pith Helmet

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Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Pith Helmet

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Other

Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
$230,952 Sale Price
33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Mogens Koch for Rud Radmussen Modular Library in Mahogany
By Mogens Koch, Rud Rasmussen
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Mogens Koch for Rud Rasmussen, modular book case or library, mahogany, Denmark, design 1928 Intriguing and substantial modular library by Danish designer Mogens Koch. This piece is ...
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1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Pith Helmet

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Mahogany

Mogens Koch for Rud Radmussen Modular Library in Mahogany
Mogens Koch for Rud Radmussen Modular Library in Mahogany
$69,500
H 121.66 in W 179.53 in D 14.18 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
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Early 18th Century French Baroque Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Wool, Silk

Giant Victorian Taxidermy Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An extremely rare giant Victorian taxidermy Loggerhead sea turtle England, 19th century The extremely large animal with a nice patina, with some parts professionally restored and...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Pith Helmet

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Tortoise Shell, Animal Skin, Epoxy Resin, Paint

Giant Victorian Taxidermy Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Giant Victorian Taxidermy Loggerhead Sea Turtle
$37,899
H 17.72 in W 47.25 in D 66.93 in
16th-Century Indo-Portuguese Colonial Mother-of-pearl Gujarat Casket
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An exceptional Indo-Portuguese colonial mother-of-pearl veneered casket with silver mounts India, Gujarat, 2nd half of the 16th century, the silver mounts Goa or probably Lisbon ...
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16th Century Indian Antique Pith Helmet

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Silver

Pair of Victorian Cabinets with Taxidermy Quetzal by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of extremely rare Victorian display cabinets with taxidermy resplendent quetzal (PHAROMACHRUS MOCINNO), cotinga and hummingbirds, attributed to Henry Ward (1812-1878) Engla...
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Early 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Pith Helmet

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Other

Pair of Victorian Cabinets with Taxidermy Quetzal by Henry Ward
Pair of Victorian Cabinets with Taxidermy Quetzal by Henry Ward
$70,265 / set
H 32.68 in W 24.02 in D 7.09 in
Rare Gold Ashanti Royal Bracelet from Jacaranda Tribal
Located in New York, NY
This magnificent gold bracelet was made for Ashanti royalty. The Ashanti Kingdom's wealth was significantly based on gold-mining and trading in gold, as well as agriculture. The ki...
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Antique Pith Helmet

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Gold

A fine pair of Japanese export lacquer secretaires owned by Sir Stamford Raffles
Located in Amsterdam, NL
'The Stamford Raffles Secretaires.' A pair of Japanese Kyoto-Nagasaki style export lacquer secretaires by ‘Lakwerker Sasaya’ each with the name ‘Olivia’ Kyoto, Edo period, circa 18...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Pith Helmet

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Gold, Brass

Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of monumental limestone sphinxes of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from the processional avenue of the Serapeum of Memphis, 30th Dynasty, circa 379 - 360 BC. The sphinxes of the Serape...
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Pith Helmet

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Limestone

Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
$875,000
H 26.78 in W 14.97 in D 41.34 in
Knole Settee, Cowdray Park, English, Lengyon & Co, olive velvet, tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- EXCEPTIONALLY, RARE, MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE, THE COWDRAY PARK KNOLE SETTEE, INVENTORY NUMBER D2029 - Supplied by Lengyon & Co, the pre-eminent maker, to Viscount Cowdray, Cowdray Pa...
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Early 20th Century English Charles II Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Tapestry, Velvet

A large taxidermy Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Netherlands, 21st century, died of natural cause in a European zoo H. 141 cm Endemic to North-east Australia and Papua-Guinea, the Cassowary is regarded as the most dangerous b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Animal Skin

A large taxidermy Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
A large taxidermy Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
$23,095
H 55.52 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
A pair of Spanish-colonial Viceregal mother-of-pearl inlaid bureau-cabinets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Viceroyalty of Peru, Lima, 18th century, circa 1720-1760 Each with a moulded giltwood cornice and on a foliate carved giltwood base, possibly later and English. The cabinets, with s...
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18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Pith Helmet

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Mother-of-Pearl, Teak

18th Century, Gilded, Bishop's Crest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Relief carved, gessoed and 22-karat gold gilded, Italian bishop's crest featuring three bees amidst foliate scrolls, drapery swags, and tassles.
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1770s Italian Antique Pith Helmet

Materials

Gesso, Wood

18th Century, Gilded, Bishop's Crest
18th Century, Gilded, Bishop's Crest
$9,500
H 23.25 in W 13.75 in D 1.75 in
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Questions About Antique Pith Helmet
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A pith helmet, also known as a safari helmet or sun helmet, is a cloth-covered helmet made out of cork. They are recognizable for their rounded design, which allows air to circulate and cool the wearer’s head. Shop a collection of pith helmets from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    No, sadly pith helmets are not bulletproof. Its main purpose was to keep the sun and rain off the wearer’s head, and because of its design, kept the wearer cool in the heat. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of pith helmets from some of the top sellers around the world.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Whether or not pith helmets are cool is largely a matter of personal opinion. However, a major selling point of the pith helmet is that it promotes airflow to help regulate body temperature. You'll find a collection of vintage and antique helmets on 1stDibs.