Snuff Box with a Dedicatory Inscription from Utrecht, the Netherlands – The Van Leer Family

Snuff Box with a Dedicatory Inscription from Utrecht, the Netherlands – The Van Leer Family
Snuff box with a dedicatory inscription from the Jewish community in Utrecht. The Netherlands, 1851.
Silver (marked), engraved.
Rectangular snuff box. Lid with vegetal motifs; reeded underside. The following inscription (Hebrew) is engraved inside the lid: "From the Utrecht community, to Moshe son of Eliezer van Lier, scribe in our community, on the occasion of his trip to London."
The recipient of this gift was a member of the Van Leer family (spelled also Van Lier and Van Liehr). The Van Leer family was a prominent Dutch-Jewish family in 18th- and 19th-century Utrecht, with a number of members serving in leadership positions in the local Jewish community.
Length: 5 cm, width: 8 cm, depth: 1.3 cm.