The dog, man's best friend, was the first image of any animal used to decorate the early Zippo. Most of the Zippo lighters shown below are prototype and test designs. Various designs with dogs also appear on the sports series' hunter Zippos.
1936 two-sided
metallique Zippo
with the Scotty Dog
design on one side,
the stylized
initials "FSR" on
the other. This
Scotty Dog design is
one
of
the very
first artistic
decorative designs
on the early Zippos
and is the very
first Zippo dog
design.
1937 Zippo with Dog.
1938 model Zippo
with
experimental
designs. A
cocker spaniel on
one side
and a polar bear and
Dorothy Grigsen's
signature on the
other.
1949-50 Zippo with
the cocker spaniel
design on one side,
the initials "SF" on
the other.
1949-50 Zippo with
dog.
1949-50 Zippo with
dog and
letters C
and N on the lid.
1946-49 Zippo with
dog. The image is
probably the result
of preparing the
case for the final
T&C hand-applied
paint.
1949-51 Town &
Country Setter
Zippo. Has the
original $8.50 price
sticker.
1955 Town & Country
Zippo
with the dachshund
"Bonus"
1960 slim
black
poodle
Zippo.
1966 Zippo
with a
German
Shepard
1967 Zippo
with a
cocker
spaniel on
one side,
the logo of
Compania
Minera
El Teniente,
S.A. on the
other.
