Antique French Watercolor "Souvenir" Wreath brush display all the better for the

all the better for the wear

Known as “the cradle of the Daiquiri cocktail

And the color palette is fantastic  with five different schemes for the soldiers' uniforms

composed of interlocking solid copper circles and rectangles with the patterns in relief against darker grounds

Antique French Watercolor "Souvenir" Wreath brush display all the better for theI thought perhaps that this delicately painted watercolor wreath of forget me nots and rose buds was sent to commemorate a loss, but I am not certain; it seems very possible it was made instead to celebrate an ongoing friendship, with the French "souvenir" simply signifying it as a momento; a literal forget me not! The valediction "devotre ami" seems more aligned with the latter possibility, simply meaning "from your friend." I would take it now as a