Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
1948 · Regular · Bradford — Case & bottom stamp reference (1948)
Zippo · 1948: Terry Lyons identifies a chrome-plated brass case with nickel-silver insert. The three-barrel hinge is photographed. Brass returned during 1948, but mixed late-1947/1948 production traits require cross-checking rather than inferring a specific month.
- Known period
- 1948
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- regular
- Dating evidence
- Supporting comparison — A useful illustrated or photographed comparison. The feature alone does not establish a unique production date.
- Reference verification
- Photographed specimen; visual features documented, precise production date and authenticity not automatically verified.
Reference images · real photographed examples
Historical variants and original source records
Independent sources and distinct stamp layouts are preserved as individual photographs, not additional main cards. A pictured example alone cannot establish that every lighter from the year used the same construction.
- 1948 · Regular · Bradford — Zippo · 1948
Dating evidence and reference verification
Sources: In Quiet Detail — Primary photographic and collector reference archive; Moonlight Zippo — Historical bottom-stamp variants, Slim dating chronology, and Canadian bottom/insert period references; Terry Lyons
Supporting comparison: A useful illustrated or photographed comparison. The feature alone does not establish a unique production date.
Reference verification: Photographed specimen; visual features documented, precise production date and authenticity not automatically verified.
Photographic copyright: Credited individually below each photograph
Dating caution. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.