Line Drawn Zippos.

1946-47 Zippo with the line drawn Sports Series' "Bowler.

The term "line drawn" Zippos usually refers to simple line drawings engraved into the Zippo case or lid in various motifs.  A number of line drawn motifs were featured in the Sports Series produced by Zippo from 1939 to 1951.  The Sports Series motifs included the Golfer, Dog, Sailfish, Shooter, Fisherman, Skier , Bowler, Horse, Sloop, Baseball Player and Basketball Player. Other less often seen line-drawn Sports Series motifs included the Elephant, Hockey Player, Football, Bowling Balls and Pins, Tennis Racket, Bucking Bronco and Woman Bowler.  There are several variations of some of the motifs, and prototype designs exist which never went into production.

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1948-49 Zippo with a line drawn test sample of a "Football Player".

1940-41 Zippo with  line drawn  Sports Series "Golfer".

1946 Zippo with a line drawn Sports Series  "Bowler".

 

1946-47 Zippo with line drawn Sports Series'  "Golfer".

 1946-47 Zippo with line drawing of the Sports Series' "Skeet Shooter".

 1946-48 Zippo with line-drawn Sports Series' "Baseball Player".  The home engraving on the reverse side reads "1st A.F. Softball Champions 1948".

 Line drawn Sports Series "Horse" on a 1940-41 Zippo.  Also has the initials "LCB" on the lid.

 1946-47 Zippo with line drawn Sports Series' "Basketball Player".

 1946 Zippo with  line drawn Sports Series' "Bucking Bronco".

1947-49 Zippo with Sports Series line drawn "Skier".

1949-50 high polish Zippo with a line drawn "Sailfish". This is a rare prototype since the line drawn Sports Series motifs on high-polish models were never produced by Zippo.

This 1942 steel case Zippo has  line drawn Sports Series "Fisherman with Pipe" on one side, the initials "AML" on the back case and "JAO'C" on the lid.  This is a rare Zippo.

 1946-49 Zippo with the "bending over" version of line drawn "Fisherman".

This 1941 Zippo, while not from the Sports Series, has a line drawing of "Kelsey The Clown" as a Keystone cop with a halo and trident of Saints & Sinners Circus .