Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
Zippo · 1946 — Case & bottom stamp reference (1946)
Terry Lyons identifies this photographed 1946 case and insert as unplated nickel silver. The 14-hole chimney is shown. Unplated cases are especially associated with early 1946; chrome-plated nickel-silver cases also appear in later 1946, so finish alone does not establish a whole-year boundary.
- Known period
- 1946
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- regular
- Case material
- nickel silver
- Case finish
- unplated nickel silver
- Insert material
- nickel silver
- Evidence / certainty
- Real photographed collector specimen; year attributed by Terry Lyons, not confirmed by a factory date code
- Year attribution
- attributed
Reference images · real photographed examples
Evidence, source and dating limits
Sources: Terry Lyons
Photographic copyright: Terry Lyons
Dating caution. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.