Christening cap was a headgear of 18th-and early 19th-century. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The smallest cap in the collections of Den Gamle By is made of striped silk with linen in tabby weave. It has the measurements approximately a size of woman's fist, from forehead to the back of the neck it measures around 15.5 cm. [8]