Bottles with New Orleans seals
PEYCHAUD’S, DELPIT’S & SARRAZIN. Age range 1840’s through 1870’s.
“I’ve always felt the DELPIT’S was the oldest, the SARRAZIN the most recent.”
Charles Aprill
Dr. Charles Aprill from the Big Easy, submits these wonderful pictures of three bottles with New Orleans seals. The oldest, TABAC / DE / DELPIT / NOUVELLE / ORLEANS. was in business in the 1840’s. There is also a photo of the PEYCHAUD’S / AMERICAN / BITTERS / N.O. The final is J. P. SARRAZIN / TOBACCO / MANUFACTOR / NEW ORLEANS. Thanks for the piece and photos about the recently found PEYCHAUD’S. c.a.
Read more on the Peychauds: Peychaud’s Cocktail Bitters – L.E. Jung and his Gators
About Ferdinand Meyer V
Ferdinand Meyer V is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and has a BFA in Fine Art and Graphic Design from the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design. Ferdinand is the founding Principal of FMG Design, Inc., a nationally recognized design consultation firm. Ferdinand is a passionate collector of American historical glass, specializing in bitters bottles, color runs, and related classic figural bottles. Ferdinand is married to Elizabeth Jane Meyer and lives in Houston, Texas, with their daughter and three wonderful grandchildren. The Meyers are also very involved in gardening (Peachridge Gardens), antiques (Peachridge Collections), and early United States postage stamps. Ferdinand is the past three-term president of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, a long-time board member, FOHBC 2021 Hall of Fame, and one of the founding members of the FOHBC Virtual Museum.
