Rochard Safari Pith Helmet Limoges Box

The classic safari pith helmet, the jungle hat of explorers and adventurers, gives this Limoges figurine box its shape. This Rochard design was painted by hand on porcelain in Limoges, France.

Into the Bush

The pith helmet became the symbol of 19th-century expeditions, worn across African savannas and Asian jungles to keep the sun at bay. Today it calls up images of safaris, wildlife photographers and old adventure films, all wrapped into one shape.

Packed by Rochard

Rochard is known for clever, colorful subjects with crisp painting, and a travel themed hat suits the studio's sense of fun. It is the kind of design that invites stories about journeys taken or still on the bucket list.

For the Explorer at Heart

• A Rochard piece, hand-painted in Limoges, France
• Fits a travel, safari or hat collection
• Pairs with elephants, lions, giraffes, globes and suitcases

Give it to a traveler just home from Kenya or Tanzania, a wildlife photographer, a zookeeper, or a retiree planning the trip of a lifetime. It looks right on a study shelf beside a globe and an atlas, or among safari animals in a curio, where it seems to have just been set down after a long day on the trail.