Demilune horn "grand cor" early 17th century Cretien workshop, Vernon (c.1620 - ca. 1690) The poetic name "demilune" describes the profile of this instrument, which is one of the earliest forms of the hunting horn. Its crescent shape echoes instruments made of natural materials such as animal horn and elephant tusk. The brass body of this horn appears to have been formed from a single sheet that was shaped and joined with a longitudinal seam that is tabbed in the area of the bell before becoming a butt join along the remaining length of the instrument. The makers hand is visible in burnishing and hammer marks on the instruments surface. The bell interior bears traces of black pigment. The body of the instrument bears three brass rings, two mounted on ferrules encircling the body tubing and one mounted on the bell garland, for attachment to a baldric or carrying strap. An intricately crenelated garland adorns and strengthens the bell. It is stamped with a repeating pattern of flowers