Baby bumper headguard cap
From the early 17th until the end of the 18th century many children who were learning to walk wore protective hats known as pudding hats, puddings or black puddings. These protective hats were the equivalent of a crash helmet.
The hat was usually open on the top and featured a sausage-shaped bumper roll that circled the head like a crown. The hat was fastened with straps under the chin.
External links
Pudding hat at the V&A Museum of Childhood
Sources
- Estelle Ansley Worrell, Children's Costume in America, 1607-1910, (New York, 1980, Charles Scribner's Sons), pp. 20 and 31
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