1900-1930 or so.
1900-1930 or so
No.
Crescent Fire Arms, Norwich, Connecticut.
Farwell Arms Co: Hammer and Hammerless sidelock guns made by Crescent Fire Arms Co for Farwell, Ozmun & kirk of St Paul, MN. Crestcent Fire Arms co: In 1888 George Cilley bought out the defunct Bacon Arms Co of Conn. He then formed the Crescent Fire Arms Co. Crescent made fire arms for many dealers. In 1932 the city of Norwich, Conn took over the Crescent proerty for back taxes...........
Plymouth was a trade brand shotgun made by Crescent Fire Arms Co and later by Davis-Warner Arms Co. It was distributed/retailed by H & D Folsome. Shotgun Markings also lists a hammer double barrel by an unknown Belgian maker and indicates the retailer was Spear & Co.
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.
Known tradename used by Shapleigh Hardware. The guns were made by several different manufacturers, although your double is probably a Crescent. 1900-1930.
AFAIK, there is no published sn data on Crescent Arms.
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.
yes
It's not a real company. This was a trade name used on shotguns produced by Crescent Firearms, Norwich, Connecticut, from 1893-1932.
Yes, they made it.