Cylindrical paper package, brown. Blue printed label. Inside label, "Hover's Black Writing Sand. Prepared by Joseph E. Hover, betw 4th & 5th No, 144 Race Street on Crown St. Jospeh E. Hover manufacturer. Philadelphia. This sand is warranted superior to the ordinary Writing Sand, not only in the beauty of color but also in its perfect freeness from the brackish quality which many possess. Unopened, but some small tears that create leakage.