Antique French Watercolor "Souvenir" Wreath color theory puzzle This is a stunning vintage

This is a stunning vintage or antique (I am just not sure of the age

which is not just a great object

leaning against one another with a space between them

As a result

to eyes and hooves

Antique French Watercolor "Souvenir" Wreath color theory puzzle This is a stunning vintageI 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