Antique French Watercolor "Souvenir" Wreath brush display The box measures 6" long

The box measures 6" long x 3 1/4" wide x 7/8" thick and each walnut measures 1 5/8"long x 1 3/8" wide x 5/8" tall

with a bit of exposed wood at the tip of one ear

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

all the better for the wear

Known as “the cradle of the Daiquiri cocktail

Antique French Watercolor "Souvenir" Wreath brush display The box measures 6" longI 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