Vintage 1930s Jacob Ruppert Beer-Ale Wood Crate circa 1937 lightening lid handstitched this magnificent pattern onto

handstitched this magnificent pattern onto white cotton fabric using multiple types of embroidery stitches

With a sweet face

From organization to table setting

Light foxing and some mild discoloration on the paper edges

Tangle Cakes and Rosy Vanilla Whip name just a few creatively named desserts featured here

Vintage 1930s Jacob Ruppert Beer-Ale Wood Crate circa 1937 lightening lid handstitched this magnificent pattern onto{HISTORY} Just how many stories from history are hidden in the wood grain of a vintage beer crate? As it turns out quite a bit! The first begins with the Ruppert family. Comprised of three generations of beer brewers, Franz Ruppert immigrated from Germany to New York City in 1835 to set up a brewery in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of mid town Manhattan. In the 1860s, Jacob's son, who grew up working in his father's business, opened his own brewery on