Cigarette box award for yachts INDIAN, JOLLY ROGER and WHISTLEWING

cigarette box

Trophy; cigarette box, silver, cedar lined, hinged lid, on inside of lid 4 silver rosette washers at corners. Engraved on lid "-ALOHA-/ Newport, August 4th 5th and 6th 1902./ "INDIAN", "JOLLY ROGER", "WHISTLEWING"." Secured to lid 2 crossed flags of silver & colored enamel, on left Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club burgee, on right blue square flag with anchor & 2 stars. Stamped on bottom "STERLING" and "B1718" & 3 hallmarks (lion? in octagon, anchor in shield, indecipherable letter date in octagon). (ALOHA, bu. 1899; INDIAN, bu. 1901; JOLLY ROGER, bu. 1900; WHISTLEWING, bu. 1902).