yes they did
It is a shotgun not a rifle- and Crescent was bought by Savage in 1931.
Crescent or HD Folsom
ESSEX Tradename used by Belknap Hardware Company of Louisville, Kentucky on shotguns made by Crescent Fire Arms Company. ESSEX Tradename used by J. Stevens Arms Company on rifles and shotguns.
Depending on condition, perhaps as much as $400-$500. sales@countrygunsmith.net
Inexpensive; late 1800's made.
Yes. Trade name used by Crescent for a shotgun they made.
THey were made by crescent firearm company.
BRIDGE GUN COMPANY Tradename used by Shapleigh Hardware of St. Louis, Missouri on shotguns made by Crescent Fire Arms Company c. 1893-1930.
What information would you want? Crescent made single shotguns from 1893 to 1930. If it has a large side hammer and damascus barrels, it would almost certainly be from before 1915. If it has fluid steel barrels and a center hammer (or is hammerless) then sometime after 1903.
Retailed by either Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co of Chicago (1855-1960) or Gray & Dudley Hardware Co of Nashville (1880-1930).
Crescent