Five Different Fillets.

Five Different Fillets,' Plate 6 from 'Goldsmith Ornament Designs', Heinrich Raab, German, active Nuremberg 1640 Ð 1650, Paul Furst, German, ca. 1605 Ð 1666, Engraving on off-white laid paper, The group consists of five symetrically arranged black designs for fillets ornamented with floral motifs. Two semi-circular designs ending in severe points at top left and right show white flowers and foliage against a blackground. Central spiked chevron design shows frontally placed flower in full bloom, flanked by two drooping buds around a center stem, in white on black. Beneath, a tri-looped bow above an arrow. At left and right, two small hook shaped designs, also ornamented with flowers complete the group. Inscription below above plate mark. ca. 1648, ornament, Print. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)