Lovely Late 19th C Floral Watercolor Friendship Picture original Naef blocks some aging to the exterior

some aging to the exterior surface as documented

in pencil down both his front and back

the form super elegant

Signed (incised) on underside

which I am pretty certain was made by the Sun Rubber Company and is referred to as a "Cabover Truck"

Lovely Late 19th C Floral Watercolor Friendship Picture original Naef blocks some aging to the exteriorI find myself looking a lot at antique floral botanical watercolors these days, as who doesn't need little doses of loveliness wherever we can find them? I really love the delicacy of this one, combining rose and rosebuds, pansies, and forget me nots which, together with the text below it, in Dutch I believe, make for quite a sweet token of fondness, sent from one friend to another. (The text may be an excerpt from a poem, but I've found it a bit of a