Line-drawn paddle-wheel boat on 1937 Zippo lighter. This rare lighter has one of the earliest nautical themes engraved on a Zippo
1946-1947 line-drawn sailboat promoting USPS Cleveland
This 1955 Zippo has an engraving of the SS Independence of American Export Lines for "Jacoby 3-20-55". It is one of the oldest and most storied ocean liners still afloat.
1958 two-sided Zippo of the sailing ship Sea Cloud, the oldest running ship of its kind. The Zippo was commissioned for Rafael Trujillo's damily as shown on this page
1960 Zippo for Martin Marine in Painted Post NY. with a graphic of what looks like a Chris Craft wooden boat
1957 Zippo with an engraved barge and a "Dravo" logo on the reverse (not shown). Dravo Corporation, a ship building company based in Pittsburgh PA, renown for building LST's during World War II, was founded by the Dravo Brothers Francis and Ralph in 1887
1967 Zippo for Project HOPE. Project HOPE is an international health care organization founded in the United States in 1958. Its most visible aspect was the SS HOPE, the first peacetime hospital ship
1960 Zippo with a colorful engraving of Royal Order of Atlantic Voyagers - MSTS (Military Sea Transportation Service). The Royal Order of Atlantic Voyagers was a certificate issued to any voyager who crossed the equator in a ritualistic initiation ceremony held on board ship. The certificates were signed by "Davy Jones, His Majesty's Scribe" and "Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main"
1971 Zippo with a tugboat for Nolty J. Theriot Towing Contractors Golden Meadow, Lousiana
1974 Zippo for SS Rotterdam, one of the post World War II ocean liners
1974 Zippo with a colorfully engraved smokestack and seagulls for Columbia Transportation Company of Cleveland, Ohio
1974 Zippo with a tugboat for Alter Company, of Davenport, Iowa
1977 Zippo with Viking Ship with an "S" logo on the sail
1977 limited production Scrimshaw Zippo with The Schooner design on genuine ivory attached to a gold-plated case. The reverse is also made of ivory but was not engraved
This scrimshaw design on genuine ivory
is the Outrigger and is also dated 1977
1973 Zippo with an image of a docked cargo ship for Boyd-Campbell Co. Inc. - Agents-Stevedores - Corpus Christi, Texas
1977 Zippo with tugboat for Doris McKinney Towing, Jefferson Louisiana
1985 Zippo with an Alaska Ferry of the Alaska Marine Highway System
1978 Zippo for White Brothers Inc with sternwheeler "Winnie Mae" on the front and a tugboat "Juanita White" on the back. Winnie Mae, built in 1938, still looks good today
2002 Zippo replica of the paddle boat Zippo shown above. "Sparky says: The Steamboat on the reverse of this light was first used on a lighter in 1937
1986 Zippo with a graphic of a sailing ship near a lighthouse. What is unusual is that the bottom is flat rather than canned as is standard for Zippo lighters
1986 Zippo with a prototype design of a sloop on gray
1989 Zippo with a prototype hobie cat design
1992 Zippo with a sail boat and the Statue of Liberty. Thislighter is an advertiser for Zippo Mfg. itself
2007 Zippo with a graphic of MV St. Clare, a ferry operated by Wightlink connecting Portsmouth on the English mainland to Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight. The ferry was built in Gdańsk in 2001