Marine Helmet
Made to order · Price on request · Custom sizing available
A riveted, scale-like crown and a fringed brow band frame the Marine Helmet. Its warm metallic face pieces carry paired winged-animal ornaments, with stitched edging and a central nose guard bringing the composition together.
Design & art direction: Georgios Katsos / Archaeopolis
Making: Dimitris Katsikis
The documented helmet
A made-to-order Marine helmet series documented through five archive views and developed through Archaeopolis design and historical direction.
The gallery preserves all 5 photographs from the existing Archaeopolis Objects record, including the available overall views and details. Photographic credit: Archaeopolis Objects archive. These images document the contemporary piece offered for commission.
Historical context
An Athenian red-figure hydria (kalpis) in the Louvre, dated around 480 BCE, depicts a helmet with a scale-patterned crown and an animal ornament on its cheek guard. It offers a comparison for the Marine Helmet’s overall facial arrangement and scale-like decoration. “Marine” is the Archaeopolis series name; a precise ancient naval attribution is not established.
Historical reference: helmet on an Athenian vase
Detail image reproduced from the Hellenic Armors reference gallery. Louvre collection record → · Image source →
The Louvre identifies the cheek ornament as a lion. The painted helmet also has a large crest, whereas the Marine Helmet has paired winged griffins and a different crown arrangement. This is an ancient visual comparison, not a confirmed exact prototype; the painted scale pattern alone does not establish how an ancient helmet was constructed.
Object documentation
The design concept and aesthetic direction belong to Georgios Katsos and Archaeopolis. Physical making is by Dimitris Katsikis. This is a contemporary, historically informed object. Materials, dimensions, weight, edition status and any specific archaeological model are confirmed with the workshop for each individual commission.
Your commission
Tell us about the intended use, head measurements, preferred finish, delivery destination and required date. Price, production time, fitting and delivery are agreed individually. The photographic archive does not indicate immediate stock.
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