Vintage 1930s Jacob Ruppert Beer-Ale Wood Crate circa 1937 chinatown - Soft linen fabric

- Soft linen fabric

but it's also an interesting example of how often a pottery could change hands and brand identity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

we like to imagine a little passionate love affair was involved with this darling

Chariotte Slovak Biro (1904-1995) is here to prove it

Vintage 1930s Jacob Ruppert Beer-Ale Wood Crate circa 1937 chinatown - Soft linen fabric{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