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A pattern of interlocking blue and white bell shapes.
Also known as: Counter-vair
The second principal heraldic fur: alternating blue and white shapes in rows, representing squirrel pelts sewn back to back. The 'glass slipper' of the Cinderella story is sometimes attributed to a confusion between vair and the French verre — an appealing story with no solid evidence behind it.
A heraldic fur of alternating blue and white bell-shaped pieces arranged in rows, representing the back and belly fur of the squirrel sewn together.
Classed as a fur, so like ermine it sits outside the rule of tincture.
Popularly linked to Cinderella's slipper through a supposed confusion between vair and verre, French for glass. The claim is widely repeated and poorly evidenced; the earliest printed versions of the tale already say glass.
Recorded because readers arrive asking about it. The etymological story is popular rather than established.
Rows of interlocking bell shapes, each like a small shield with a curved top, alternating blue and white across every row.