Skip to main content

Pith Helmet

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

Rare, Large, 18th Century Angel Candlesticks
Located in Newport Beach, CA
featuring glass eyes, pith helmets and multi-colored wings.
Category

Antique 18th Century European Candlesticks

Materials

Glass, Wood

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

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two Different Canvases, 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

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
Category

Early 20th Century Ghanaian Antiquities

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
Category

Early 20th Century Ghanaian Art Nouveau Tribal Art

Materials

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
Category

Early 20th Century South Sudanese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Fine Early 20th Century Bongo Ancestral Post
Fine Early 20th Century Bongo Ancestral Post
H 57.88 in W 9.45 in D 9.45 in
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
Category

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
Category

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
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Stools

Materials

Stoneware

People Also Browsed

Ann Chernow, Vendetta, 2015, Rag Paper, Etching
By Ann Chernow
Located in Darien, CT
Ann Chernow’s work is based on impressions related to images from movies from the l930s and l940s. She uses film clips, studio publicity material, fan magazines and other memorabilia...
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Prints

Materials

Rag Paper, Etching

Spanish Oil Colonial School S, 16th Century, Virgin with Child and Wood Frame
Located in Marbella, ES
Spanish oil Colonial School S, 16th Century, Virgin with child and wood frame.
Category

Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Paintings

Materials

Paint

Antique Clock Advertising Sign
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique hand-painted advertising sign in the shape of a large pocket watch showing the name BB Thorp.
Category

Antique 19th Century Signs

Antique Clock Advertising Sign
Antique Clock Advertising Sign
H 28 in W 20.75 in D 2 in
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
Category

1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
Category

Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Virgin and Child
Located in Wien, Wien
OUTSTANDING MADONNA Bavaria Around 1515/20 Lime wood carved Original, polychrome version Height 60 cm This masterfully carved, full-round Madonna was created around 1515-20 in...
Category

16th Century Medieval Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child
Free Shipping
H 23.63 in W 7.09 in
18th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Wood Statue of a Saint
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Spanish Colonial statue of a male saint in carved and polychromed wood. The saint's face has a beatific expression and the eyes are made of glass. With arms and hands tha...
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Philippine Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

18th Century Italian Carved Wood Figure
Located in Bradenton, FL
A rather large and exceedingly rare 18th century Italian carved wood figure of a Neopolitan Angel. Painted carved wood head, arms, and legs, straw filled body with painted cloth wrap...
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

St. Vincent Ferrer Preaching to the People of Salamanca
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey The present painting depicts Saint Vincent Ferrer preaching from a raised pulpit to a group of seven people seated below him. The saint ...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Angelic Carved Wood Sculptures, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of 16th Century Italian carved polychromed angelic sculptures.
Category

Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th Century Chinese Chippendale Pagoda Cabinet
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Houston, TX
A stunning and rare 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale pagoda cabinets. This highly stylized hand carved mahogany cabinets features, glass shelving, pagoda gabled roofs, classi...
Category

Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

"Back home" Snow, Forest, Winter , White, Impressionism, Christmas 120 x 100 cm
By Georgij Moroz
Located in Torino, IT
Snow, Forest, Winter, White, Horse. Dog, Sledge, Fir, Russia, Cold Pirra Gallery Label Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dne...
Category

1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bed King Tester 4 Poster Oak RenaissanceStyle Carved Adam Eve Armorials Tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Category

Vintage 1950s English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Oak

"autumn birches" Oil cm. 99 x 87 free shipping
By Georgij Moroz
Located in Torino, IT
Yellow,Blue ,russian,autumn, birches Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina. 1949-56: he began artistic ...
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th Century Spanish Pair of Painted Hand Carved Wooden Cherubs
Located in Marbella, ES
17th century Spanish pair of painted hand carved wooden cherubs.
Category

Antique Mid-17th Century European Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Set of 57 Bellarminus Biblical Sunday School Posters in Canvas Pouches, 1950
By ST. Gregoriushuis Utrecht
Located in Haarlem, NL
A unique set of 57 educational bible school posters printed on canvas for Sunday School. This set from Bellarminus came from a church in the south of Holland. It was well preserved b...
Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Posters

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Recent Sales

Vintage Pith Helmet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Dashing iconic pith helmet with breather holes, adjustable leather headband, and a vintage Palm
Category

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
Category

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
Category

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 ...
Category

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
Category

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
Category

1960s Mexican Hats

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

Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

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
Category

Vintage 1910s 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
Category

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
Category

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
Category

20th Century American Campaign Collectibles and Curiosities

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

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
Category

1970s Italian Hats

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
Category

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

Canvas, Cork, Leather

Rare 19th century Pith or Tropical Officers Helmet
Rare 19th century Pith or Tropical Officers Helmet
Free Shipping
H 8.67 in W 8.67 in D 11.82 in
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
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

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

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

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

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
Category

Early 20th Century Belgian Collectibles and Curiosities

Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Pith Helmet", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

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.