I'm more inclined to believe the tightly curling upon itself scroll is taken from a more terrestrial or woodland motif, that being the fern head or "fiddlehead" we are accustomed to seeing in the springtime, than that of the nautilus.

https://www.wideopeneats.com/everything-need-know-fiddleheads/

Last edited by DAM16SXS; 10/23/18 09:41 PM.