ITEM #: 24160
Jolly Roger Ornament
by Old World Christmas

From Old World Christmas. This Jolly Roger glass ornament is a combination of the Jolly Roger skull flag and a surly pirate, with eye patch and tri-corner hat that has a crossed sword design embellishing the front of the hat. Pirates flew false flags until they were about to attack. The Jolly Roger is the traditional name for the black flags with some variation of a skull and crossbones, which were flown to identify a pirate ship at that point. Flying the Jolly Roger gave the target ship a chance to surrender without a fight.