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| Octagonal Mucilage Glue Bottle. |
If you are not a youngster, you might recognize this bottle. It is a mucilage glue bottle that had a rubber tip with an opening for applying glue to paper or other surfaces. The glue was made by the LePage company.
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The crescent moon symbol is the maker's mark. In this case, it could be confusing since there were more than one bottle companies that used the crescent symbol as a maker's mark. In this case, it is the mark used by Hazel Atlas, as hard as that might be to believe because of their very common and distinctive H over A symbol.
That is what my research and AI tells me although it still seems pretty confusing if not doubtful.
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Invented by William Nelson LePage in 1876, mucilage glue was originally made from fish skins and became a staple adhesive in classrooms and homes.
The glue was packaged in small glass bottles with rubber applicator tops, and the bottles became collectible over time due to their distinctive shape and markings.
LePage’s glue was eventually acquired by Henkel Corporation, which still owns the brand today.
Here is a link to the company's history. Very interesting.
The History of Lepage's Glue | Just Use Glue
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| Vintage Mucilage Retail Display. Source: See link above. |
In the 1990s the white PVC glues had largely replaced mucilage.
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