Some of them were Crescent. This was the name of a manufacturer in Baltimore c. 1898, a dealer in New Orleans c. 1920, and a trade name on guns by Crescent, Hopkins & Allen, Henri Pieper, Marlin, Dumoulin and probably others. In addition, National Arms & Ammunition Co was an English gun maker c. 1873-1896 and National Fire Arms Co was a US maker c. 1866 and a trade name used on some Stevens model 235's.
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Around 1892 Crescent firearms manufactured shotguns under a variety of names. In 1930 H & D Folsom Arms sold their Crescent Fire Arms company to Savage Arms and Savage combined Crescent with Davis Warner Arms Corp., as Crescent-Davis Arms Corporation. Your shotguns value, in good condition, is about $150.
Chances are it was made by HD Folsom or Crescent.
Ohio Valley Arms shotguns were called trade name shotguns and were made by Crescent Arms. Crescent arms made guns from 1892 to 1931 and would put anyones company name on the gun if they purchased at least 12 of them and paid for the die with their name on it.
George Worthington was a hardware store in Cleveland, Ohio, from about 1890 to 1935. Single barrel shotguns were marked with his name by Crescent Arms Co and double barrel shotguns by J. Stevens Arms Co.
This name was put on shotguns by Crescent Fire Arms Co, Davis-Warner Arms Corp., and also by at least one unidentified Belgian maker for Spear and Company.
Crescent Fire Arms Co. and Crescent-Davis Arms Corp. They made the gun with only Smithsonian stamped on it in both single & double barrel and in several gauges
Crescent Fire Arms made millions of similar shotguns with over a hundred different trade names. I doubt if anyone has a good estimate, but there were a lot. 20 gauge will be harder to find than 12s.
Crescent was formed in 1892 and purchased by H&D Folsom Sporting Goods in 1893. It operated as Crescent Fire Arms until 1931 when the company was purchased by the Stevens Division of Savage Arms. The name was used on Crescent models manufactured by Stevens until about 1935.
Red Chieftain shotguns were made by Crescent Arms Arms Co and J Stevens Arms Co for the Supplee-Biddle Hardware Co.
its a shot gun with the serial no 24783 is stamped Henry arms co on both sides Henry Arms is not a listed Brand name used by Crescent Arms for their double shotguns. You may have a Belgian or Spanish import. Check the proof marks.
Knickerbocker was a house brand name for Crescent Arms shotguns distributed by HD Folsom. All you can know for sure is that it was made before 1915.