Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
1997 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford — Case & bottom stamp reference (1997)
1997 · Vintage Look Series: Real photographed Vintage Look Series bottom-stamp layout. 1997 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford: Photographed Vintage-series flat-bottom Zippo bearing the C month letter and 1997 date attribution. Its 1937-inspired design name is not the year of manufacture. Use the full date code, the case construction and other evidence when dating or authenticating a lighter. 1997 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford: Photographed Vintage-series flat-bottom Zippo bearing the I month letter and 1997 date attribution. Its 1937-inspired design name is not the year of manufacture. Use the full date code, the case construction and other evidence when dating or authenticating a lighter. 1997 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford: Photographed Vintage-series flat-bottom Zippo bearing the K month letter and 1997 date attribution. Its 1937-inspired design name is not the year of manufacture. Use the full date code, the case construction and other evidence when dating or authenticating a lighter.
- Known period
- 1997
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- vintage look
- 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
March 1997 code as labeled in the collector archive; compare the full stamp and model features.
September 1997 code as labeled in the collector archive; compare the full stamp and model features.
November 1997 code as labeled in the collector archive; compare the full stamp and model features.
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.
- 1997 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford — 1997 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford
- 1997 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford — 1997 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford
- 1997 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford — 1997 · Vintage (1937 Style) · Bradford
Dating evidence and reference verification
Sources: In Quiet Detail — Primary photographic and collector reference archive; J. Kim
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. A Replica name refers to the reproduced design, not necessarily the year this example was manufactured. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.