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Pith Helmet

Vintage Campaign Anglo Indian Wicker Pith Helmet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Transporting British Colonial Anglo Indian pith helmet or hat ambitiously handcrafted in woven reed
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Mid-20th Century Indian British Colonial Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Wicker, Reed

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 Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Canvas, Cork

Polo Or Pith Helmet By Gieves Of London
Polo Or Pith Helmet By Gieves Of London
$441
H 7.49 in W 11.03 in D 14.97 in
Rare, Large, 18th Century Angel Candlesticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
featuring glass eyes, pith helmets and multi-colored wings.
Category

Antique 18th Century European Candlesticks

Materials

Glass, Wood

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
Cosmopolitan Story Illustration
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Woman with suitor/explorers wearing pith helmets
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cosmopolitan Story Illustration
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Lower Right of Right Canvas Woman with suitor/explorers wearing pith helmets Publication
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster British Commonwealth Of Nations Together
Located in London, GB
West African soldier in a slouch hat, a British soldier in a pith helmet, an Indian soldier wearing a
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Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Orient Calls Tourist Conference Satomi Asia
Located in London, GB
kimono, a figure in a bamboo hat, a lady carrying water jug on her head and a person in a pith helmet
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Art Deco Posters

Materials

Paper

Yellow White Three-Tiered Contemporary Cake Stand by Nick Weddell Stoneware clay
By Nick Weddell
Located in Barcelona, ES
new profession is a cryptozoologist of clay. He doffs his tan pith helmet, hikes up his dungarees
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21st Century and Contemporary American Platters and Serveware

Materials

Stoneware

Contemporary Fruit Bowl by Nick Weddell Purple, Pink, Yellow Stoneware Clay 2022
By Nick Weddell
Located in Barcelona, ES
tan pith helmet, hikes up his dungarees, laces his boots, eager to catalog the mutations of his own
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21st Century and Contemporary American Serving Bowls

Materials

Stoneware

Nick Weddell Stool Model “Snuffles” Contemporary Red Pink Stool Stoneware Clay
By Nick Weddell
Located in Barcelona, ES
his tan pith helmet, hikes up his dungarees, laces his boots, eager to catalog the mutations of his
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21st Century and Contemporary American Stools

Materials

Stoneware

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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Antique 19th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

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.
$1,279 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
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

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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Antique Early 1900s British Victorian Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver

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Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster British Commonwealth Of Nations Together
Located in London, GB
West African soldier in a slouch hat, a British soldier in a pith helmet, an Indian soldier wearing a
Category

1940s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Vintage Pith Helmet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Dashing iconic pith helmet with breather holes, adjustable leather headband, and a vintage Palm
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20th Century American British Colonial Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Leather

Vintage Pith Helmet
Vintage Pith Helmet
H 5 in W 11 in D 14 in
Solar Topee Pith Helmet
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Pith Helmet, Solar toupie feet. A good shaped white solar toupie feet (also known as a pith helmet
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Vintage 1950s British More Furniture and Collectibles

Solar Topee Pith Helmet
Solar Topee Pith Helmet
H 0.1 in W 0.1 in L 0.1 in
Anglo-Indian Rattan and Wicker Pith Helmet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and unusual vintage Anglo-Indian pith helmet with decorative appeal crafted in rattan and
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20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Wicker, Rattan

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Jeff in Pith Helmet
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement. He embodies a world ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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
Category

Early 20th Century German Industrial Tribal Art

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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Antique 1890s Asian Chinese Export Tray Tables

Materials

Brass

Billie Ross of the Palm Beaches Nautical Straw Hat, 1960's
Located in Atlanta, GA
silhouette with pith helmet style details including a finial and ribs at the crown. Pair it with your
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1960s Mexican Hats

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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Vintage 1910s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Poster Together Commonwealth Forces WWII Military Army Soldiers
Located in London, GB
hat, a British soldier in pith helmet, an Indian soldier wearing a turban, a Royal Canadian Air Force
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Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Clayton Bailey 2 Rare Earthenware Funk Art Sculpture, 1960s
By Clayton Bailey
Located in Miami, FL
skull and a Bigfoot skeleton.[1] Dressed in a lab coat and pith helmet,[2] Bailey as Dr. Gladstone
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Vintage 1960s American Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware

Pith Helmet, Solar Topee
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Pith Helmet, Solar Topee. A good white solar topee (also known as a pith helmet, safari
Category

Mid-20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles

Pith Helmet, Solar Topee
Pith Helmet, Solar Topee
H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Hermes Pith Helmet, 1960s
By Hermès
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A rare and unusual piece of Hermes history, the pith helmet, also know as a sun helmet, was
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1960s French Hats

Vintage Safari Pith Helmet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
. Beginning its mysterious history in Miami imported for David bergere, this style of Pith helmet is called
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20th Century American Campaign Collectibles and Curiosities

Vintage Safari Pith Helmet
Vintage Safari Pith Helmet
H 6 in W 11 in D 13 in
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
Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

1970s Lynx Fur Hat in "Pith Helmet" Shape w Tufted Brim
Located in Gresham, OR
1970s Lynx fur hat in a pith helmet shape with tufted brim. Jersey lined with a grosgrain band.
Category

1970s American Hats

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
Category

Early 20th Century German Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Leather

Madame Paulette Haute Couture Lattice Woven Straw Hat
By Madame Paulette
Located in New York, NY
Madame Paulette Haute Couture natural lattice weave straw hat. Styled as a modified pith helmet
Category

1950s French Hats

Yves Saint Laurent Straw Hat With Silk Chiffon Bow, 1960's
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Atlanta, GA
conjures images of safari pith helmets ... all with an ultra stylish ladylike chic. The inner rim is lined
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1960s French Hats

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
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Leather, Canvas, Cork

Three Men with Rifles (Contemporary Oil Painting of Three Hunters in Landscape)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
blue sky. All three figures are dressed in khaki hunting outfits and one is wearing a pith helmet
Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Man in Pith Helmet Portrait
Located in Seattle, WA
Simple, close-up portrait of a man wearing a pith helmet with a cloth drape at the back. In soft
Category

20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Board

Folk Art Colonial Carving
Located in Hudson, NY
Wood carving of an colonial African wearing a pith helmet
Category

Early 20th Century African Folk Art Sculptures

British Colonial Mercury Glass Lamp
Located in Charlottesville, VA
large woven Indian snake basket. Complete with matching pith helmet finial. New black paper, silver
Category

Early 20th Century English British Colonial Table Lamps

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
Category

1910s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Poster Together Commonwealth Forces WWII Military Army Soldiers
Located in London, GB
hat, a British soldier in pith helmet, an Indian soldier wearing a turban, a Royal Canadian Air Force
Category

1940s More Prints

Materials

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
Category

Antique 19th Century American Paintings

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
Category

Early 20th Century Belgian Collectibles and Curiosities

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 Collectibles and Curiosities

Gucci Leather Hat
By Gucci
Located in Chicago, IL
between a bucket hat and a pith helmet. I bought this hat in an original Gucci box with a date stamp of
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1970s Italian Hats

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Pith Helmet For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal pith helmet for your home. Frequently made of animal skin, leather and canvas, every pith helmet was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer pith helmet, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A pith helmet, designed in the style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one pith helmet that is appealing in its simplicity, but Mark Beard and Hermès produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Pith Helmet?

Prices for a pith helmet start at $178 and top out at $4,200 with the average selling for $950.
Questions About Pith Helmet
  • 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
    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
    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.