Bidspirit auction | Important Silver Hanukkah Menorah. Germany,

Important Silver Hanukkah Menorah. Germany, ca. 1920 - Rare, elegant silver Bauhaus Hanukkah Menorah, with German hallmarks from the time when the Bauhaus design flourished.  Pure silver Hanukkah Menorah, designed with clean, simple and most elegant lines.  The base of the Menorah is round and very wide, using impressive and quality silversmithing. On the base there is a central stem with eight straight silver branches and a Shamash, which balance the roundness of the base and continue the general elegant, clean and most impressive and prestigious lines.  The Bauhaus style led an approach calling to depart from the ornate Prussian style and emphasizing man and his simple needs. Accordingly, the Bauhaus' architectural and design style is simple and clean, using straight lines and other elements which make its products easily produced and used.  The Bauhaus is one of the important milestones of Modernism and as part of its principles, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe stated that ”Less is More”.  An important and most elegant collectible.