Here is a table describing all the differences of the Louis XIII bottles produced in the past until now. To illustrate some of the major changes, I have attached some pictures that you can click on. Over the years, the packaging of the bottles has also changed a lot, but I didn’t go into that. If you want, you can read up on this on a page that helped me a lot, but it seems this page is no longer maintained: click HERE.
 | LOUIS XIII WHITE TOPS, from 1874 till 1981. A word of warning: combinations of bottles and boxes are not always original. Owners have often added loose boxes later. Loose boxes are offered all over the net. Mistakes have also been made in shops when putting them back. |
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| Year | The bottle | Bottom | Name on the bottle | shape of label and text | Logo on top | Packaging | US importer |
1874-1900 | Glass bottles, numbers of spikes (fins) could vary: 8 right and 9 left; 11-11; 16-17. Fleurs de Lys could have different orientations. | no engraving | Age Inconnu | unknown; there seems to have been no label on the bottle | unknown | unknown | |
| 1900-1936 | Glass bottles; fleurs de lys opright; 9 spikes on both sides. Significantly offset opening of the bottle. | engraved: Remy Martin Cognac France; no numbers | Age Inconnu | unknown; there seems to have been no label on the bottle | old logo of centaur | unknown | |
1937-1940 | Baccarat bottles; different sizes and positions of the (upright) Fleurs de Lys; fins 10-10. | engraved: E. Remy Martin & Cie Cognac France; with a number. No Baccarat logo.  | Age Inconnu | unknown; there seems to have been no label on the bottle | unknown | unknown | |
1938-1940 USA | Probably Baccarat; 9-10, 10-10, 10-11 fins. | engraved: E. Remy Martin & Cie Cognac France; with a number. No Baccarat logo engraved but could have a paper Baccarat logo (1939) Baccarat logo on the bottom | Louis XIII | bean shaped: Louis XIII brand, rarest reserve | old logo of centaur | plain cardboard box; red velvet box with yellow cardboard inside. 1938 Royal banquet card.   | Joseph H. Reinfeld importer; Browne Vintners importers (1939-1940) |
| 1940-1945 | No bottles were produced during World War II | ||||||
| 1946-1950 Europe | Baccarat bottles, fins 10-10. | engraved: E. Remy Martin & Cie Cognac France. Made in France by Baccarat; with a number | Age Inconnu | rectangular label: Très Vieille, Age Inconnu; or Very Old, Age unknown | old logo of centaur | rattan basket. 1938 Royal banquet card.  | |
| 1946-1950 USA | Baccarat bottles, fins 10-10. | engraved: E. Remy Martin & Cie Cognac France. Made in France by Baccarat; with a number | bean shaped label: Louis XIII Brand rarest reserve | green velvet box with golden tassel and cardboard inside. 1938 Royal banquet card.  | Renfield importers | ||
| 1951-1961 Europe | Baccarat bottles, fins 10-10. | an engraved Baccarat logo is added at the bottom; with a number | Age Inconnu | rectangular lable | old logo of centaur | rattan basket. 1938 Royal banquet card. From 1957: Daydé drawing. Also from 1957: 1938/1957 visiting card | |
| 1951-1958 USA | Baccarat bottles, fins 10-10. | from 1951 a Baccarat logo is added, placed at the side; with number | Louis XIII | bean shaped label: Louis XIII Brand rarest reserve. | old logo of centaur | green velvet box with golden tassel and gold coloured cardboard inside; from 1957 with silk liner instead of cardboard; in 1958 with a mirror inside. From 1957: Daydé drawing. Also from 1957: 1938/1957 visiting card    | Renfield importers |
| 1959-1961 USA | Baccarat bottles, fins 10-10. | same as above | Louis XIII | bean shaped label: Louis XIII Brand rarest reserve. And also: Louis XIII Très Vieille | old logo of centaur | red velvet box. Daydé drawing. 1938/1957 visiting card  | Renfield importers |
| 1962-1963 (year of transition) Europe | Baccarat bottles, fins 10-10. | On some bottles the number on the bottom was left off | Age Inconnu and Louis XIII both were used | Both rectangular and bean shaped labels were used; rectangular with age inconnu or age unknown; bean shaped label with Louis XIII Très Vieille or Very old. | old centaur and new centaur logo are both used (new with arms spread wide) | white cream boxes, some with old centaur, others with new centaur on lid. Daydé drawing. 1957 visiting card; also rattan baskets.  | |
| 1962-1963 (year of transition) USA | Baccarat bottles, fins 10-10. | On some bottles the number on the bottom was left off | Louis XIII | bean shaped label: Louis XIII Brand Rarest Réserve. And also: Louis XIII Très Vieille or Very old. | old centaur and new centaur logo are both used (new with arms spread wide) | red velvet boxes and white boxes. Daydé drawing. 1957 visiting card | |
| 1963-1968 Europe | Baccarat bottles, fins 10-10. | On European bottles 0.7L was added; until 1963/64 they can have a number | Louis XIII | bean shaped label: Louis XIII Très Vieille or Very old. | new logo | Probably white boxes. Daydé drawing. 1957 visiting card | |
| 1964-1968 USA | Baccarat bottles, fins 11-11. | From around 1964 numbers were left off as was the content | Louis XIII | bean shaped label: Louis XIII Brand Rarest Réserve. | new logo | Red oval-split box (USA only)  Daydé drawing. 1957 visiting card | Renfield importers |
| 1969-1978 worldwide | Baccarat bottles, fins 9-10 and 10-10. | No number on the bottom; Baccarat logo can be placed on the right or in the center; sometimes content was added; hanging card can have a number on it. | Louis XIII | bean shaped label: Louis XIII Brand, rarest reserve (USA) or Louis XIII Très Vieille or Louis XIII Very old (Eur); | old logo ! | Red octagonal box The hanging banquet card is replaced by the battle of Jarnac card. | USA import by Renfield importers |
| 1969-1978 Asia | St. Louis crystal, not Baccarat. Mostly fins 10-10 but one bottle with 9 fins has been seen. | E. Remy Martin & Co. SA Cognac France; 0.7L; made in France by St. Louis; no number on the bottom but regularly there is a number printed on the hanging card. | Louis XIII | bean shaped label: Louis XIII Très Vieille or Louis XIII Very Old. | old logo | Red octagonal box. Battle of Jarnac card. | |
| ca. 1980-81 Asia | Baccarat. | engraved: E. Remy Martin & Cie; Baccarat - baccarat logo - crystal; Cognac 0.7L France. No number on the bottom but regularly there is a number printed on the hanging card. | Louis XIII | bean shaped label: Louis XIII Very Old or Louis XIII très vieille. | old logo | Plexiglass boxes | |
 | LOUIX XIII GOLD TOPS (from 1979 onwards.) A warning is in order: many combinations are offered at auctions that do not belong together. Over time, many bottles have apparently been put back in the wrong boxes. Proof of this are the many combinations where the bottle number written on the bottom, does not match the bottle number in the booklet or on the stopper. |
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| Year | Packaging | packaging specifics | Top | Outer box | Glass | Bottom | booklet |
| 1979- ca1987 | Red square inner box with truncated pyramid lid; no name on top of the box | The box has simpel adornments. One line on the side: "Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac"   | Embossed letters on the neck and a centaur; no lily on top | outer box was white at first; later it was red  | Baccarat; 10 spikes and sometimes 11 spikes; St. Louis | hand engraved number with one character; if Baccarat: logo in the middle (first and last confirmed number seen: B2677 - K7707) | Oblong booklet, stored into a slot |
| no name on top (same as above) | The adornments are little crowns and lilies. Three lines on the side: "Louis XXX de Remy Martin"  Detail: | Embossed letters on the neck and a centaur; no lily on top (same as above) | red box (same as above) | Baccarat, St. Louis | (first and last confirmed number seen: M2832 - U5423); overlap in numbering with the next type! | Square booklet, stored in 45-degree angle |
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| ca. 1987 | no name on top (same as above) | The adornments are little crowns and lilies. Three lines on the side: "Louis XXX de Remy Martin" (same as above) | Etched letters on the neck with a lily; no lily on top  | red box (same as above) | Baccarat, St. Louis | hand engraved number with one character; if Baccarat: logo in the middle. Halfway this changed to a machine engraved number with two characters and the logo on the right side. (first and last confirmed number seen: N4399 - BD6161) | Square booklet, stored in 45-degree angle (same as above) |
| ca 1989-2003 | Red square inner box with truncated pyramid lid with name on top of the box  | lilies as adornment, but only on the sides | Etched letters on the neck with a lily; with a lily on top of the capsule | With solid lilies | Baccarat, St. Louis | (first and last confirmed number seen: BJ1206 - CR8338) | Square booklet, stored upright |
| 2003-2011 | clam shell with curved lid | Etched letters on the neck and a lily; with a lily on top of the capsule | Square box | Baccarat | machine engraved number with two characters; Baccarat logo on the right side (first and last confirmed number seen: CU0706 - EH6406) | ||
| 2011-2019 | vertical cases with sliding doors | Etched letters on the neck and a lily; with a lily on top of the capsule | Rectangular box | Baccarat, St. Louis and Sèvres | machine engraved number with two characters; if Baccarat: logo on the right side. (first number seen: FG3902) | ||
| 2019 | Square box with mirror inside | with NFC technology | Etched letters on the neck and a lily; on top of capsule: open the seal to connect, with a lily | ||||
| 2023 |  | Made from cellulosic materials | |||||